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1919. NEW ZEALAND.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1918.

Contents. PAGE PAGE Introduction ... ... ... 1 Embossed Envelopes ... ... 18 N.Z. Expeditionary Force — Ocean Mail-services ... ... 18 Honours List ... ... ... 4 Inland Mail-services ... ... 18 - Officers joining ... ... ... 5 Buildings ... ... ... 19 Officers who lost their Lives ... 2 Money-orders ... ... ... 19 Receipts and Payments ... ... 13 Postal Notes ... ... ... 19 Expenditure ... ... ... 18 British Postal Orders ... ... 19 Staff ... ... ... ... 14 Savings-bank ... ... ... 19 Health of Staff ... ... ... 14 Work performed for other DepartPersonal and Staff ... ... ... 14 ments ... ... ... 20 Reclassification of Staff ... ... 14 Telegraphs ... ... ... 20 Board of Appeal appreciation ... 15 New Zealand Submarine Cable Service 21 Epidemic of Influenza ... ... 15 Ocean Cable Services .... ... 21 Remuneration of non-permanent Post- Wireless Telegraphy ... ... 22 master ... ... .... ... 15 Telephone Exchanges ... ... 22 Restoration of Services ... ... 15 Automatic Telephone - exchange InExaminations ... ... ... 15 stallations ... ... ... 22 The War and the Department ... 15 Slot Telephones ... ... ... 22 Censorship... ... ... ... 16 Post and Telegraph Stores and Worksh°Pl } 6 APPENDIX. Post Office ... ... ... 17 Dead and Missing Letters ... ... 17 Designation of Offices changed or corLiterature for the Blind ... .... 17 rected ... ... ... ... 23 Wellington City Council Milk Scheme 18 Inland Mail-services established ... 23 Prohibited Correspondence ... ... .18 Subsidized Sea Mail-services • ... 24 Newspapers and Magazines registered 18 Cable Business ... ... ... 25 Postage-stamps ... ... ... 18 Radio-telegrams ... ... ... 26 (For Index to Tables see page ii, and for Detailed Index see pages iii and iv.)

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TABLES. No. I.—Money-orders issued and paid— PAGE (a.) Issued in the Dominion ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 (b.) Drawn on the Dominion ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 No. 2.—Money-orders issued— (a.) In New Zealand, on Offices beyond the Dominion ... ... . . 28 (b.) At Offices beyond the Dominion on New Zealand ... ... ... 28 No. 3. —Number and Value of Postal Notes sold ... ... ... ... ... 29 No. 4.—Number and Amount of Transactions at the Money-order Offices and Post in New Zealand ... ... ... ... 30 No. s.—Number and Value of British Postal Orders sold and paid in New Zealand, 1917-18 and 1918-19 ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 No. 6.—General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business for Year ended 31st December, 1918 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 No. 6a. —General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business from 1867 to 1918 ... 32 No. 7. —Balance-sheet of Post Office Account ... ... ... ... ... 33 No. B.—Securities, &c, standing injthe Name of the Postmaster-General on account of Post Office Savings-bank Fund ... ... ... ... ... 36 No. 9.—Post Office Savings-bank Receipts and Payments for Year ended 31st December, 1918 !;:• ... .ou, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 No. 10.—Number of Post Office Savings-bank Accounts open ... ... ... 41 No. 11.—Estimated Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels dealt with ... ... ... ... ... 42 No. 12.— (a.) Registered Articles... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 (b.) Dead Letters - ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 No. 13. —Parcel-post ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 No. 14.—Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department ... 44 No. lg,—Cash Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes, the Value of Franked Government Telegrams, and the Total Number of Telegrams transmitted ... 45 No. 16. —Paid Telegrams of all Codes ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 No. 17.—Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraph-offices ... 46 No. 18.—Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines ... ... ... 47 No. 19.—Cost of Construction of Telegraph and Telephone Lines ... ... ... 48 No. 20.—Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges since their Establishment ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 No. 21.—Number of Connections at Telephone Exchanges in Engineers' Districts ... 50

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DETAILED INDEX. A- page page Aerial mail-services: proposed establishment .. 19 Leave, speoial .. .. .. .. ..15 Allotment warrants : payments by Department .. 20 Letter-cards-Articles delivered .. .. .. .. 17 Posted and delivered .. .. 17, 42 Automatic telephone-exchange installations 22 „ unaddressed .. .. .. .. 17 Letters— B. Dead, doalt with .. .. .. 17, 43 Balance-sheet of Post Office Account .. 33, 34, 35 ". F~portt* to number delivered .. 17 Batteries, class of and number in use .. ..46 delivered .'.' .'.' '.'. ..'42 :-: :: 20 «**■.. » „,. ,' ... '. , 6 17 „ unaddressed .. .. ..17 Blind literature for 17 with previously used stamps .. .. 17 Board of Appeal .. .. .. ..15 ». , r- j r Book-packetaposted and delivered .. ..42 M s *»*unclarmcd 17 British postal orders paid and sold .. 19,30 Wrth libellous addresses 17 Buildings .. 19 Wrongly addressed .. .. .. .. 17 Bureau messages: number and value .. 20, 45 Business done for other Departments .. 20, 34, 35 M. p Machinery fees collected .. .. 20 Cable mossages — Magazines registered .. .. .. .. 18 Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 21 Mail-services, inland .. .. .. 18, 23 Expeditionary Force .. .. .. .. 21 Established .. .. .. .. .. 23 Intercolonial traffic .. .. .. 21, 25, 26 Expiration and renewal of oontraots .. 18 International traffic .. .. .. 21, 25, 26 Mail-services, ocean— Number .. .. .. .. 21 Loss of mails .. .. .. 18 Press .. .. .. .. .. 26 San Francisco .. .. .. 18 Value .. .. .. .. 25, 26 Vancouver .. .. .. .. .. 18 Cables, Now Zealand— Mail-sorvices, sea, subsidized .. .. .. 24 Length of .. .. .. .. .. 21 Maintenance of lines .. .. .. 20, 47 Stato of .. .. .. .. •• 21 Material, abnormal increase in cost of .. .. 1 Cables, ocean .. .. .. .. .. 21 Military pensions paid .. .. .. .. 20 Censorship .. .. .. .. .. 16 Minors' pensions paid .. .. .. .. 20 Correspondence prohibited .. .. .. 18 Mining Act receipts .. .. .. .. 20 Customs duty collected .. .. .. . 20, 34 Missing letters .. .. .. .. 17 Money-order— D. Commission .. .. .. 19, 27, 30 Dead letters .. .. .. .. 17,43 Exchange with other countries.. .. ..19 Deferred cable message .. .. .. 21 Issued and paid .. .. 19, 27, 28 Designations of offices changed .. .. 17, 23 Offices open, &c. .. .. .. .. 19 Discount-stamps sold .. .. .. .. 20 Prohibited .. .. .. .. .. 17 E. N. Eastern Extension cable— National Provident Fund : contributions colleotod 20 Number and value of messages forwarded and Newspapersreceived 21,25,26 Posted'and delivered.. 42 Press cablegrams 21, 25 unaddressed .. 17 Share of business 21 .Registered 18 Epidemic of influenza .. .. .. .. IS Removed from register .. .. .. 18 Examinations.. .••„_,••. " „V 15 Returned to publishers 17 Exchanges, telephone (see Telephone exchanges '). r Expeditionary Force, number of officers joining 1, 5, 12 Expenditure and revenue .. .. 1,13 Ocean cable services (see " Cable messages," F. " Pacific cable," &c.). Fishing licenses issued .. .. .. .. 20 „ mail-services (see " Mail "). Fixed deposit, interest on . . .. ■ . 19 Officers Absence; of, average .. .. .. 14 G. Death of .. ..14 Game licenses issued .. .. .. .. 20 Health .. .. .. .. .. 14 Government Insurance premiums collected .. 20 Number .. .. .. .. ..14 Percentage released for military service .. 1 H. Retirement of .. .. .. ..14 Health of staff.. .. .. •• ..14 War decorations .. .. .. ..4 Who lost their lives at the war .. .. 1, 2 1. With Expeditionary Force .. .. 1,5,12 Imperial pensions paid .. .. ..20 Offices (see under " Post," " Telegraph," &c.). Income-tax collected .. .. .. 20 „ designations changed .. .. 17,23 Influenza epidemic .. .. •■ ..15 Old-age pensions .. .. .. ..20 Inland mail-services (see " Mail-services "). inspection of post-offices ...... 17 „ Instruments, telegraph, class of, and number in use.. 45 Pacific cable— t j Number and value of messages forwarded and I;. received .. '.. .. .. 21,25,26 Land-tax collected .. .. .. .. 20 Press cablegrams .. .. .. 21, 25 Leave, sick .. .. • • ■ • .. 14 Share of business .. ~ .. .. 21

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DETAILED INDEX— continued. PAGE I T. PAGE Packets alleged to have been posted and not delivered 17 | Xeaohers - Superannuation Fund payments .. 20 O°y a 17 4-)! Telegrams— lleliyored ... . 1;, 4_ Bureau messages : number and value .. 20,45 foreign (inwards), declared value of, and Customs Forwarded duty collected on ... 17, ■; Government : number and value .. 21,45 Foreign (outwards), declared value of .. ■ ... ll ; Increase in number 20 Posted and delivered .. .. 17,42,43 : Of all codes 20,45,46 Pensions, Imperial, paid . . 20 ; Ordinary : number and value .. 20, 45. 46 ~ old-ago, military, and widows ..- .. 20 Per 100 letters 21 war, miners' .. .. .. ..20 Pmw __ [' " " 90,45,46 Personal and staff .. .. .. 14 Urgent 20 Postage-stamps . . .. .. 18 PaidPost and Telegraph Department Act, 1918 1,14 Number , md I . ovmllo , _ /_ 20 45 46 Postal notes- Telegraph— gommission .. 1 Installation of repeaters 21 Offices opened .. .. .. .. J Instruments and batteries in use .. 21,46 Paid . . .. . . . . . . 19 Lines— - - - - - - * - ' Cost of construction 47 48 Postal orders, British, paid and sold .. 19, 29 Length of 9 1 44' 45 Post-cards- Maintenance '.'. '.'. '.'. '.. '47 Delivered 17,42 Overhauled, &c 20 t. a " , ',-' i'\ " " S Superimposed . . .. .. .. 21 Post Office Account : balance-sheet 13 Maintenance of lines, &,c. .. .. 9, 47 Post-oirlces Offices converted from Morse to telephone, &c. .. 21 Closed . .. .. . 17 designations changed .. .. 17,23 Designations changed .. .. 17, 23 >; numb er open .. .. £0, 44, 45 JistaDhshoa . . .. .. .. 17 Private wires : number and rental .. . . 20 Inspection .. .. .. .. .. 17 Progress of Department .. . . 44. 45 Number open •• •■ •■ •• 17 Receipts and payments .. .. 20,44,45 Private wires : number and rental .. .. 20 Revenue 20 44 4 r > Prohibition of correspondence 18 Telephone-bureau messages '.'. " 2o', 45 Public Service superannuation payments .. .. 20 Telephone Public Trust receipts and payments .. .. 20 Cost of construction of lines 48 Exchanges— "■ Automatic .. .. .. .. 22 Radio-telegrams (see " Wireloss"). Capital cost, working-expenses, &c. .. ..49 Receipts and payments .. .. 13 Connections: proportion to population .. 22 Reclassification of staff.. .. .. 1,14 Lino, length of .. .. .. 22,44,45 Registered articles . . . . .. . . 43 Opened . . . . . . .. 22 Registration of births, &c. : fees collected .. 20 Party-line circuits .. .. .. .. 22 Remuneration of non-permanent Postmasters . . 15 Revenue .. . . .. .. 13, 22, 49 Restoration of services . . .. .. 15 Subscribers' connections . . .. 22:, 49 Revenue of Department .. .. 1, 13 Line: capital cost, &c. .. .. ..49 „' cost of construction .. .. 48 S. Lines overhauled, &c. . . .. ... 20 Salaries .. .. .. .. 13,20 Maintenance of lines .. .. ~ 20,47 Sanatorium receipts . . .. ~ 20 Metallic circuits erected . . . .. 22 San Francisco mail-service (see " Mail-services"). Offices converted .. .. .. ..21 Savings-bank— Telephone, slot— Accounts open, &c. .. .. .. 19,31,32,41. Machines wilfully damaged .. .. ..22 Cost of working .. .. .. 19, 31, 32 Number and revenue .. . . 22 Deposits: amount, &c. .. 19, 31, 32, 40 Treasury bonds — Excess of deposits over withdrawals .. 19,31,32 Custody of .. .. .. .. ..16 Fixed Deposit Account .. .. . . 40 Sale of . . .. .. .. 16 Interest .. .. .. .. 19, 31, 32 Treasury, payments on account of .. ..20 Liabilities and assets .. .. .. 40 Nominations by depositors .. .. ..19 ■ v Offices open, &c. .. .. .. 19,31,-32 VProfit and loss .. .. .. .. 40 Valuation Department : fees collected .. ~ 20 Receipts and payments '.'. '.'. 40 Vancouver mail-service (see " Mail-services"). Securities .. . . .. .. .. 36 Transfer of accounts to United Kingdom and w Australia, &c. .. .. .. ..19 WarWithdrawals .. .. .. 19, 31, 32 Automatic exchanges, effect on .. 1, 22 Securities in name of Postmastor-General.. .. 36 Casualty lists and hospital reports, transmission of 15 Slot telephones .. .. .. 22 Officers with Expeditionary Force .. 1, 5, 12 Staff — Payment of soldiers' allotments .. .. 20 Health .. .. .. .. 14 Pensions paid .. .. .. 20 Number .. .. .. .. 14 War loan — Reclassification of .. .. 14 Certificates, sale of, and custody, by Department 16 With Expeditionary Force .. .. ..1,5 Contributions received by Post Office .. ..16 Stamps, beer duty, sold .. .. .. 20 Wellington City Council milk scheme .. 18 „ discount, sold .. .. .. 20 Widows' pensions .. .. .. .. 20 „ new issues .. .. .. ..18 Wireless telegraphy .. .. .. ..22 State Advances receipts and payments .. .. 20 ~ returns of business .. .. 26 Stores Branch .. .. .. .. 1.6 Work performed for other Departments .. 20, 34 Submarine cables, New Zealand .. .. .. 21 Workshops, departmental .. ~ .. 16

1919. NE W ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR, THE YEAR 1918-19.

Presented io both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

My Lord,— General Post Office, Wellington, Bth September, 1919. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the financial year 1918-19. The statements included in the report show that the Department's business expanded during the year, notwithstanding that a state of war existed. The revenue amounted to £1,972,539. The expenditure amounted to £1,702,048. There was thus a balance of receipts over payments of £270,491. In view of the fact' that abnormally high prices ruled for materials required for the maintenance, ol' the Department's services the result is considered to be very satisfactory. The number of permanent officers of the Department who joined the "New Zealand Forces for service in the great war was 2,255. If the number ol women employees and telegraph message-boys be deducted from the total number of officers, it will be found that the percentage of the staff of men released for military service was 42. Tin; number of officers of the Department who lost their lives in the service of the Empire was 225. A notable event in the history of the Department was the passing of the Post and Telegraph Department Act which provided for the Department to be excluded from the operation of the Public Service /Vet, 1912, and for it to he reclassified, and for appointments to and within the Service to be made by the Public Service Commissioner, on the recommendation of a Promotion Board consisting of four senior officers of the Department and another member of the Service elected by the officers themselves. Under the new Act the officer to he recommended for an appointment shall be the one " best entitled, by merit.'' The work of installing automatic-telephone exchanges at the several principal towns of the Dominion has been delayed seriously, owing to the difficulty experienced in obtaining material. With the conclusion of hostilities, and the consequent cessation of the manufacture of munitions, tho manufacture of the material is being expedited, and the work of installation is being proceeded with as expeditiously as possible. I have, &c, J. G. C/OATES, His Excellency the Governor-General, Wellington. Postmaster-General.

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NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

Name. Position. Name. Position. A'Court, F. A. .. Postman. Aisher, F. J. .. Cadet. Aitken, G. . . : Exchange Clerk. Alborough, D. B. .. Messenger. Aston, F. C. . . Cadet. Babb, A. P. T. .. Cadet. Bailey, W. .. Cadet. Baker, F. C. . . Cadet. Barden, II. W. .. Cadet. Bates, I 1 !. .1. .. Postman. Bayliffe, II. E. .. Clerk. Beaumont, E. II. .. Cadet. Bennett, E. .. Exchange Clerk. Birkett, W. A. .. Postman. Bishop, VV. N. C. .. Cadet, Blackie, D. R. M. .. Cadet. Boundy, 8. T. W. .. Clerk. Bowden, K. II. .. Exchange Clerk. Brooks, J. K. .. Clerk. Brown, J. M. .. Temporary Lineman. Brownlie, S. G. .. Exchange Clerk. Bruce, W. C. .. Lineman. Bryant, H. .. Temporary Lineman. Bryant, L. N. .. Cadet. Burke, II. H. .. Temporary Lineman. Burrell, J. G. .. Clerk. Burrows, E. .. Clerk. Byres, G. W. . . Cadet. Calder, K. M. .. Cadet. Callan, A. T. .. Chauffeur. Campbell, R. J. . . Clerk. Chamberlain, I). H. Cadet. Ching, L. G. .. Lineman. Clark, P. N. -.. Clerk. Clarke, W. II. H. . . j Telegraphist. Comeskey, P. L. C. ' Temporary - Lineman. Corlett, F. .. ; Temporary Lineman. Cormack, J. H. .. Cadet. Corney, E. H. .. Cadet. Crawford, E. . . Temporary Lineman. Cribb, C. W. E. . . Senior Mail Clerk. Crowe, F. J. .. Temporary Lineman. Cutler, C. J. K. .. Clerk. Darby, W. 1). .. Assistant Head of Mail Stall'. Dean, R. E. . . Lineman. Deelian, J, E. .. Telegraphist. Devaney, T. M. .. Exchange Clerk. Doraii. E. J. .. Clerk. Doyle, P. E. .. Clerk. Duff, G. K. . . Telegraphist, Dumbleton, II. .. Telegraphist. Duncan, G. .. Temporary Lineman. Dunn, J. C. . . Messenger. Edwards, G. V. .. Messenger. Edwards, .1. fl. .. Telegraphist. I f Egglestone, II. E. .. Telegraphist. Elliott, A. T. .. Temporary Lineman. Eriksen, J. .1, .. Exchange Clerk. Falconer, W. (!. . . Cadet. Falvey, T. J. .. Lineman. Farquhar, W. T. .. Exchange Clerk. Fenton, E. I. .. Clerk. Findlay, W. .. Clerk. Fisher, E. II. .. Telegraphist. Fitzgerald, G. J. .. Cadet. Fitzpatrick, J. A. .. Postman. Foster, F. J. .. Postman. Fox, G. 1). . . Temporary Lineman. Francis, L. P. .. Postman. French, A. .. Clerk. Eiiiike, H. H. .. Distributor. Gallagher, W. J. . . Postman. Gaskin, H. H. .. Temporary Lineman. Geddes, J. H. Z. .. Cadet, Gillet, H. J. A. .. Telegraphist. Grace. T. P. M. . . Clerk. Griffen, II. VV. . . Temporary Lineman. I Guthrie, E. II. .. Postman. Guthrie, L. . . Lineman. Hadlee, W. .. Postman. Harm a,, W. .1. .. Cadet, Hartmann, II. .. Postman. Hastedt, R. C. .. Telegraphist. Play, G. G. .. Telegraphist, Henderson, W. A. .. Telegraphist. Hind, W. E. II. .. Cadet. Hockley, B. C. .. Temporary Lineman. Hudson, V. E. .. Messenger. Hogan, T. P. .. Telegraphist, Hollyman, H. L. .. Telegraphist, Horscroft, C. A. . . Postman. Hosie, W. G. .. Postman. Howe, L. A. S. . . Postman. Hunter, H. .. Temporary Lineman. Husband, H. A. .. Clerk. 11 use, A. E. .. Exchange Clerk. Hutchison, W. W. . . Lineman. Israel, G. E. .. Lineman. Jackson, F. ,1. .. Temporary Telegraphist Jamieson, L. .. Telegraphist, Johnson, F. T. .. Lineman. Jory, G. L. .. Telegraphist. Kelly, G. G. .. Temporary Clerk. Kiernan, J. A. .. Lineman. King, P. T. .. Sorter. Kirk, H. F. .. Exchange Clerk. Krolm, M. .. Temporary Lineman. Lambeth, T. IS. .. Sorter. Lander, G. K. . . Postman, Latimer, L. V. . . Postman. Laws. II. P. C. .. Cadet,

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Officers who lost their Lives — continued.

Name. Position. Name. Position. Lee, J. .. Temporary Lineman-. Power, T. F. .. Postman. Lethaby, A. j. .. Postman. • Price, J. C, .. Exchange Clerk. Lind, A. J. .. Clerk. Kaxworthy, C. H. .. Clerk.' Lippett, A. II. .. Messenger. Redmond, J. T. .. Acting-Postmaster. Lloyd, G. .. Clerk. Reid, F. F. .. Telegraphist, Lynskey, G. P. .. Telegraphist. Reid, S. B. .. Exchange Clerk. Lyon, G. 15. .. Telegraphist. Rice, S. .. Postman. McCall, A. .. Sorter. Robb, D. T. .. Telegraphist. McCarthy, L. 1. J. .. Assistant Despatch Clerk. Roche, W. .. Postman. McCarthy, R. H. .. Assistant Despatch Clerk. Rodwell, J. A. .. French-polisher. McDonald, J. F. .. Head Postman. Ross, V. J. .. Clerk. McElroy, G. .. Temporary Lineman, Ross, W. B. .. Lineman. McErlean, J. C. . . Foreman Storeman. Rossiter, A. A. . . Lineman. Macfarlane, J. C. .. Postman. Roulston, H. L. .. Sorter. McGregor, D. .. j Postman and Messenger. | Sage, W. G. .. Clerk. McGregor, J. . . Temporary Spikier. Salisbury, C. . . Foreman Lineman. McKay, A. D. D. . . Telegraphist. ■ Salmond, G. C. . . Telegraphist, Mackay, J. A. ... Temporary Lineman. | Scales, R. D. .. Clerk. MoKenzie, H. A. .. Exchange Clerk. Scott, D. C. .. Cadet, McKinnon, A. D. .. j Clerk. \ Scott, R. F. C. .. Clerk. McLean, A. A. .. ; Postmaster. Scrivener, L. R. .. Exchange Clerk. MacLeod, R. B. .. Telegraphist. Sheary, J. E. .. Telegraphist. McLuokie, A. A. .. Postman. ; Shepherd, P. J. .. Cadet. McManus, J. B. . . Postman. Signal, W. C. .. Telegraphist, McMillan, L. J. .. Temporary Lineman. Simpson, W. L. .. Cadet. Macmorran, J. .. Clerk. i Sinclair, J. L. .. Telegraphist. McNeish, G. F. .. Cadet. Smith, W. K. .. Clerk. McNulty, V. J. .. Cadet. I Sotheran, 0. .. Telegraphist. McQuillen, B. .. Temporary Lineman. j ; Sparkes, E. P. .. Postman. McRoberts, E. 0. .. Counter Clerk. Speedie, S. P.. .. Chan (Tour. Magee, J. M, .. j Temporary Lineman. | Spooner, E. j. .. Clerk. Mailer, J. J. . . Exchange Clerk. ! Stainton, F. H. B. .. Clerk. MamiKsen, 0. I). .. Clerk. ' Steele, J. W. .. Cadet, Marslin, W. T. .. Cadet, Stephen, E. A. .. Telegraphist, Meffin, G .. Cadet. Steven, J. . . Telegraphist. Middleton, G. E. .. Exchange Clerk. Stevenson, T. J. .. Messenger. Mills, S. C. .. Cadet. ' I Storring, A. N. ...Telegraphist. Minifie, C. F. N. .. Senior Clerk. j Strachan, J. T. .. Cadet. Miiinis, 11. W. .. Telegraphist. Sullivan, J. .. Postman. Mitchell, V. .. Clerk. Taylor, J. B. .. Telegraphist. Mitchell, W. R. .. Carpenter and Joiner. Taylor, N. 0. -.. Counter Clerk. Monahan, J. J. .. Postman. Thayer, H. R. .. Clerk. Moore, G. V. T. .. Senior Clerk and Tele- Thorburn, .1. .. j Temporary Lineman. graphist. Thwaites, R. .. I Lineman. Morris, E. V. J. .. Postman. Tremain, C. W. 11... Telegraphist, Mulvihili, J. .. Assistant Despatch Clerk. Trembath, G. H. .. Postman. Munn, R. R. .. Assistant Despatch Clerk. Tweedy, G. F. ..Clerk. Murray, A. J. . . Telegraphist, Uatuku, T. 1. .. j Cadet. Newell, F, L. .. Postman. Vincent, M. .. Temporary Lineman. Newman, R. .. Postman. Voigt, F. E. P. .. Cadet, O'Brien, W. T. .. Postman. Wainwright, F. .. Cadet. Oliver, R. J. . . Messenger. Wakelin, W. R. . . Clerk. Olver, D. .. Telegraphist. Wallace, G. "',. Temporary Lineman. Ormsby, W. G. R. .. Cadet. Wallace, T. B. .. Postman. Osborn, T. A. .. Telegraphist. Walsh, H, V. .. Postman. Parker, E. L. C. . . Cadet. Waterman, A. .. Clerk. Paul, J. C. .. Clerk. White, J. L. ... j Lineman. Pearce, S. L. .. Messenger. White, M. A. .. Clerk. Pearson, G...G. .. Postman. Wiles, H. M. .. Telegraphist. Percy, A. ... Temporary Lineman. Williams, L. J. .. Cadet. Philips, E. M. .. Cadet. Wood, J. R. ... Telegraphist. Poole, F. A. A. .. Assistant Despatch Clerk. Wootton, P. J. .. Sorter. |l

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Jtonourg Hist Victoria Cross. Crichton, J. (Private). Distinguished-service Order and mentioned in Despatches. MeGilp, C. (Major). Military Cross and mentioned in Despatches. Kellaway, (!. T. (Lieutenant). Military Cross and Silver Medal (Italian) for Military Valour, Walker, M. R, (Lieutenant). Military Cross. Brooker, S. W. B. (Captain). Hubbard, F. 0. (Lieutenant). Mitchell, P. F. (Lieutenant). Cody, D. G. (Lieutenant). MacKenzie, H. 0. (Captain). Walker, D. J. P.. (2nd Lieutenant) Distinguished-conduct Medal and Military Medal. Pinkham, W. G. F. (Lance-Corporal). Distinguished-conduct Medal and mentioned in Despatches. Moor, F. W. (Sergeant). Distinguished-conduct Medal. Boyd, R. A. (Com. Sergt.-major). Brown, A. W. (Corporal). Carins, L. T. (Lance-Corporal). Military Medal and mentioned in Despatches. Hollywood, J. E, (Sapper). Ward, VV. (2nd Lieutenant:). Military Medal and Cross of Karageorge (with Swords), First Class (Serbian). Birkett, VV. A-. (Sergeant). Military Medal. Belk, R. W. (Sapper). Kinghan, W. J. (Sapper). Parmenter, 11. E. (Corporal). Bowater, A. G. (Sergeant). Kirk, H. F. (Private). Pratt, P. J. (Sapper); Browning, C. A. J. (Lance-Corp.). Laurie, W. P. D. (Trooper). Pringle, D. (Sapper). Curry, C. J. H. (Private). Little, J. A. (Sergeant). Raxworthy, C."H. (Sapper). Dunstall, F. A. (Gunner). McKenzie, N. H. (Corporal). Rennie, C. H. (2nd Corporal). Gibbs, W. H. (Sapper). McQuillan, P. (Sapper). Riddle, P. (Sergeant). Holmes, P. D. (2nd Lieutenant). Minnis, H. W. (Lance- Cor p.). Rossiter, A. A. (Private). Hornblow, J. A. (Lance-Corp.). Moore, G. V. T. (Sapper). Smyth, J. F. (Private). Keys, P. L. (2nd Corporal). Mulholland, G. P. 0. (Corporal). Willis, A. L. M. (Sergeant). Mbritorious-survice Medal. Brabant, L. L. P. (Staff Sergeant). Burdekin, C. B. (Staff Sergeant). Silver Medal (Serbian) and mentioned in Despatches. Holmes, P. D. (2nd Lieutenant). Mentioned in Despatches. Bennett, R. A. (2nd Lieutenant). Greenwood, J. G. (Lieutenant). Scott, P. F. C. (Captain). Burrows, E. (Lieutenant). Rauch, J. N. (Captain). Young, J. G. (Sergeant). Grace, T. P. M. (Lieutenant). Croix de Guerre (French). Hodges, A. J. (Sergeant). Bronze Medal (Italian) for Military Valour. Robinson, F. C* (Sergeant).

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OFFICERS WHO JOINED THE FORCES. Total, 2,255. Abernethy, N. C. Arthur, H. T. Bell, G. G. Bowler, M. Ackerman, F, G. Aston, F. C, Bellamore, C. 11. Boyd, R. A. A'Court, F. A. Atkinson, C. Benjamin, L. A. Boyens, R. 0. Adair, E. VV. Austin, G. H. VV. Bennett, A. D. Boyle, A. Adams, J. T. Babb, A. P. T. Bennett, E. Boyne, N. Adainson, G. W. Backhouse, J. VV. C. Bennett, H. C. Boys, R. C. Agar, J. Badley, W. D. Bennett, L. P. Brabant, 1:1. E. Abeam. P. J. Bagshaw, C. A. S. Bennett, R. A. Brabant, L. L. P. Ahem, 11. 11. Baigent, H. P. Bennett, S. A. Brackenridge, R. M. Ahem, J. W. Baikie, P. Bennett, V. J. Bradley, E. N. Ahem. W. J. Bailey, F. E. Bennington, F. T. Bradley, P. Ainsworth, W. P. Bailey, F. L. Benson, J. B. P. J. Bradley, T. A. Aisher, F. J. Bailey, S. Bergersen, H. K. Brady, F. C. Aitken. 0. J. Bailey. W. Bernard, 0. L. Brady, J. R. Aitken, G. Bailey, VV. 11. Berney, G, R. B. B. Brake, R. I. Aitken. L. B. Baillie, C. J. A. Brambley, F. W. Aitken, W. S. Baillie, 0. W. Berry, A. E. Brassell, F. W. Alborough, D. B. Bain, W. A. Berry, C. T. Brassett, E. S. Aldridge, M. R. Bainbridge, P. J. Berry, M. Bfeen, J. Aldridge, P. L. Baker, A. N. Berry, P. T. Brennan, F. M. Aldridge, W. P. Baker, A. V. Berry, W. 0. Brian, W. G. Alexander, E. P. Baker, F. C. Berry, W. K. Bridger, S. N. Allan, C. Baker, G. E. Beswick, S. Briggs, F. 11. Allan, G. Baldwin, W. A. Betty, W. J. Bringezu, E. Allardice, W. 11. Ball, V. H. Beveridge, C. J. Bristol, E Allen, A. P. Balneaves, J. Bierre, H. S. Brock, W. C. Allen, C. B Banks, H. E. Biggar, J. E. Brockett, R. G. Allen. E. Barden, H. W. Biggs, W. H. R, Broo'ker, L. N. Allen, F. S. Barker, G. Bigwood, P, (). ' Brooker, S. W. B. Allen, H. R. Barker, W. G, Bines, F. W. Brooks, C. J. Allison, Alfred. • Barkwith, A. D. Binley, W. H. Brooks, J. K. Allison, Archibald. Barnes, A. C. Birch, L. E. Brosnan, J. Alp, H. Barnes, W. E. Bird, W. T. Brougham, L. E. Alpine, H. Bai-r, C. W. M. Birkett, W. A. Brown, A. S. Alsweiler, L. G. Barr, J. Birnie, G. Brown, A. W. Amos, A. J. W. Barratt, W. 1). Bishop. W. N. C. Brown, G. J. Amos, N. 11. Barriball, S. G. M. Black, D. Brown, H. J. Anderson, A. Barry, T. J. J. Black, F. G. Brown, J. Anderson, C. 0. Bason, W. M. Blackbourn, W. R. M. Brown, J. A. Anderson, I). Bate, A. E. . Blackie, D. R. M. Brown, J. A. R. Anderson, F. 11. Bateman, P. L. Blackie, G. J. A. Brown, J. G. Anderson, James. Bateman, W. VV. Blackledge, J. Brown, J. M. Anderson, Joseph. Bates, E. J. Blacklock, G. I). Brown, R. T. S Anderson, L. Bates, P. P. Bland, T. J. Brown, R, W. Anderson, L, J. R. Bateup, E. Blandford, M. I). Brown, W. H. G. Anderson, R. Baughen, H, E. Blanshard, G. 11. Browne, C. W. Anderson, S. L. Baxter. N. Bliok, R. J. VV. Browne, G. 0. Anderson, T. G. Bayliffe, R. E. Blundell, E. M. Browne, J. L. Anderson, T. J. Bayliss, S. F. Boagey, E. R. Browne, J. S. Anderson, W. Beach, 11. E. Boaz, W. A. Browne, W. G. Andrew, A. S. Beale, H. Boggs, F. J. Browning, C. A. J. Andrew, N. (J. Beamish, F. E. Boles, M. V. Brownlie, H. Andrews, A. Beards-more, J. 11. Bolton, S. J. Brownlie, S. G. Andrews, R. P. Beaumont, E. H. Bonner, J. A. Brownlie, S. W. Andrews. W. E. Beaumont, J. 11. Boswell, K. M. Bruce, E. A. Anstis, E. W. Beavis, D. J. Bouudy, E. W. Bruce, L. F. Antwis, A. Beck, C. H. Boundy, S. T. W. Bruce, W. C. Arbuckle, A. E. Beer, E. A. Bourke, D. M. Brunton, C. R. Armitage, R. G. Beggs, E. Bourke, L. D. Bryan, A. D. Armour, F. D. Behrens, W. E. Boustridge, F. F. Bryant, 0. F. S. Armstrong, C. A. Belk, R. W. Bowater, A, G. Bryant, H. Armstrong, J. N. Bell, A. L. Bowclen, H. Bryant, L. N. Arnold, H. V. Bell, C. J. Bowden, K. R. Bryce, E. C.

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Officers who joined the Forces— continued. Buchanan, J. W. Chamberlain, D. H. Cooke, C. W. G. dimming, J. VV. Buchanan, R. T. Chamberlain, K. G. Coombe, H. G. S. Cummings, T. A. Buchanan, S. H. T. Chambers, J. H. Coombes, A, V. Cummins, M. W. W Buckland, M. F. J. Chandler, H. F. Coop, W. H. Cummins, VV. J. Buckton, L. T. Chant, M. W. Cooper, A. D. Cunningham, J. Bugg, M. E. Chapman, F. L. Cooper, H. S.I Cunningham, W. S. Bullard, L. E. 0. Chapman, G. G. Corbett, W. H. Cupples, F. L, Bullen, H. Chapman, J. D. Corcoran, M. Currie. E. J. Burdekin, C. B. Chappell, N. W. Corder, C. A. Currie, W. J. D. Burdon, J. A. Cheesman, P. Corkill, A. I). Curry, 0. J. H. Purge, C. H. Ching, L. G. Corlett, F. Curry, J. H. B. Burke, E. J. Chirnside, J. Cormaok, J. H. Curtis, H. VV. Burke, H. H. Chittenden, F. Corney, E. 11. Cuthbert, W. 11. Burn, G. M, Chittenden, R. Cornwell, TJj (hitler, C. J. K. Burn, W. D. Chivers, J. Corr, J. Dailies, E. 0. Burnett, F. VV. Christensen, T. Corskie, J. R. Dall, G. B. Burns, A. Christiansen, J. C. Cossey, F. J." Dalley, A. M. Burns, J. I). Christie, J. Cotter, J. Daly, F. E. Burr, K. I. Ohristophorson, E. 0. E. Cotter, r r.M.] Daniel, VV. II Bun-ell, J. G. Chronioan, E. J. Cotton, H. S. Daniel], L. H Burrows, E. Church, W. T. Coulter, J. L. Dansey, G. R Burt, J. Churcher, H. Couper, R. A. Darby, T. L. Burton, E. J. Churcher, P. Couper, S. Darby, W. D. Bush, A. S. Clark, A. C. Cousins, E. P. J. M, Davidson, A. W. Butcher, R. L. Clark, H. M. Coutts, G. L. Davidson, 0. A. Butterfield, A. E. Clark, J. Coutts, J. E. Davidson, C. J. 11. Button, A. H. Clark, J. E. Coutts, J. L. Davidson, W. J. Button, G. A. T. Clark, P. N. Coutts, W. C. Davies, 11. W. S. Byres, G. W. Clark, R. J.J Cowan, G. J. F. Davies, J. Byrne, J. H. Clark, T. W. Cowdell, S. W. Davies, J. L. Cade, A. H. Clarke, P. J. \ Cowie, J. C. Davies, S. G. Caird, D. Clarke, VV. G. Cowley, G. A. Davis, C. R. M. Cairns, VV. A. Clarke, W. R. 11. Cox, A. H. F. Davis, G. E. H Calder, K. M. Clarkson, C. H. N. Cox, E. VV. Davis, G. H. Callaghan, W. 11. Clarkson, L. N. Cox, W. F. Davis, S. C. Callan, A.T. Clayden, J. Cox, W. J. Davis, W. J. Cameron, A. B. Claydon, VV. Craig, D. T. Dawson, Alexander. Cameron, D. G. Cleary, F. P. Craig, J. Dawson, Arthur. Cameron, E. Cleaver, L. E. Craig, J.J Day, A. Camp, G. VV. Cliffe, R. Craig, J. M. Day, H. R. Campbell, C. W. G. Clifford, 11. G. E. Craig, R.J Day, T. Campbell,, F. D. Close, C. W. Craig, W. Dean, R. E. Campbell, P. G. Coakley, R. J. Craigie, D. 11. Deans, J. Campbell, R. J. Coates, W. J. Crawford, A.. de Berry, C. F. F. Campbell, W. G. Coburn, J. C. P. Crawford, E. De Courcy, D. Campbell, VV. T. Cochrane, F. Crawford, VV. E. 11. Deehan, J. E. Cantwell, P. W. Cockerill, H. VV. Crawshaw, P. V. Delaney, P. Capstiek, H. R. Cockott, J. C. - Creagh," A. G. Dempsey, C. Card, A. B. Cody, D. G. Creed, A. Dempsey, J. E. Cardno, R. W. Cody, J. Cribb, C. W. E. Devaney, T. M. Carina, L. T. Coghlan, E. E. Crichton, J. Devlin, C. N. Carr, A. R. Coira, P. F. A. Crichton, W. Diack, P. A. Carr, J. T. Cole, H. J. Croker, R. M. Dick, G. Carrad, 0. S. Cole, J. C. Crombie, W. H. Dick, G. S. Carrigan, F. Cole, R. J. E. Crone, T. J. Dickens, S. Carroll, J. M. Coleman, J. Crone, W. J. Dickey, S. L. Carson, F. B. Coles, W. P. Cropp, C. C. Dickie, G. Carson, M. A. Coll, J. J. Cross, A. R, Dickson, A. G. Carter, R. H. Collett, L. C. Cross, J. Dickson, R. Carter, W. E. Collingwood, C. H. Cross, P. D. S. Dickson, W. Carter, W. H. Collins, H. L. Cross, P. H. Diggelmann, H. Carswell-Cooke, A. C. Collins, W. Crossgrove, T. P. Diggins, J. F. Casbolt, F. L. Colvin, H. A. Croucher, R. Diggle, J. A. Casbolt, G. D. Comer, F. W. Crowe, F. J. Dilks, J. B. Casey, D. Comeskey, P. L. C. Crowhen, H. Dillicar, W. H. Caskie, J. Congalton, A. Crozier, G. N. Dillon, T. L. Casley, A. W. Connor, G. C. H. Crump, W. B. Dingwall, F. W. Catanach, H. A. N. Cook, F. N. Cryer, P. N. Dixon, E. B. Gates, C. Cook, H. F. Cryer, W. J. Dodds, J. S. Catley, D. Cook, J. H. R. Culliiian, VV. Doherty, J. A. Cattanach, E. D. Cook, S. Cumberbeach, T. H. 0. Doherty, T. L.

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Officers who joinkd the Forces -continued. Dolan, J. J. Egglestone, R E. Forrester, R. Goodman, S. H. Dolan, T. H. Elliott, A. T. Forster, F. J. Goodmanson, J. W. Doms, J. F. Elliott, J. Foster, F. Goodwin, J. A. Don, A. M. Elliott, J. A. Foster, F. J. Goodwin, P. E. Don, G. E. Elliott, J. C. H. Foster, H. 0. Goodyer, J. A. Donaldson, J. J. Elliott, J. W. Fowke, E. Gordon, R. A. Donaldson, P. W. Elliott, W. H. Fowke, E. J. Gough, E. J. Donnelly, J. F. Ellis, F. Fowke, L. J. N. Colliding, C. J. Donnelly, T. E. Ellison, F. J. Fowler, E. F. Grace, H. C. Dooling, D. J. Elliston, T. C. Fowler, L. W. J. Grace, T. P. M. Doran, E. J. Elwin, F. W. Fox, G, D. Graham, F. Dorn, P. C. Emens, L. G. Francis, L. P. Graham, J. W. Dornan, F. P. Emery, G. M. Francis, T. Graham, W. J. Dorset, R. W. Ensor, E. Franks, A. L. Graham, W. L. Douglas, A. J. Eriksen, J. J. Eraser, D. Grant, N. M. Douglas, J. G. Erwin, J. A. Frasi, P. C. Gray, G. H. Doull, W. F. Eustace, A. P. Fredericks, F. H. Gray, J. M. Doull, W. J. Evans, J. T. Fredericks, H. S. Gray, J. T. Dowdall, R. J. S. Evans, R. Freeman, G. Green, 6. 11. Dower, J. M. Evans, W. H. French, A. Green, I. S. Dowle, R. C. Evensen, R. A. French, J. Green, J. R. Dowling, J. V. Everiss, E. Frew, J. T. Greener, A. H. Down, H. J. Everitt, A. G. J| Fry, E. V. Greenslade, J. E. Downes, P. 0. Evetts, H. 0. Fryer, P. IT. Greenwood, J. G. Downes, W. G. Ewan, J. Fuell, F. P. Greenwood, W. D. Downey, F. W. Fabian, A. D. Fuller, G. N. Gregg, R. M. Downey, J. F. Facer, J. H. Funke, 11. H. Gregory, E. J. Doyle,'P. E. Fahey, H. R. Furness, A, W. Greig, A. J. Drake, J. Fahy, C. R. Furniss, F. G. Greig, J. C. Drake, M. Fait'hfull, D. 0. Furniss, 11. I. Grenfell, P. VV, Drew, A, Falconer, W. C. Gaitt, C. A. Grey, C. E. Drew, G. R. Falvey, T. J. Galbraith, R. 0. Grey, G. J. Drown, L. H. Fama, G. J. Gallagher, H. W. Grierson, J. G. Drummond, D. A. V. i Farquhar, A. Gallagher, W. J. Griffen, R. W. Drummond, W. S. Farquhar, W. T. Gallop, C. E. Griffin, J. F. Drysdale, W. J. Farrell, G. Gamble, C. Griffin, M. Duff, G. K. Faulks, J. Gandall, J. S. Griffith, F. 0. 0, Duff, G. W. Fenton, E. I. Garard, S. T. Griffith, R. Duffy, T. E. A. Ferguson, G. H. Gardiner, A. 11. Griffiths, C. K. Dumbleton, R. Ferguson, J. A. Gardner, A. P. Griffiths, E. Duncan, F. H. R. Ferguson, R. A. Gardner, E. K. Griffiths, G. E. Duncan, G. Ferguson, W. D. Gascoigne, G. If. Griffiths, W. 11. Duncan, H. Ferrall, 11. J. Gaskin, H. 11. Grimwood, E. A. Dunckley, A. T. Fiddis, T. Gasson, II R. Grinlinton, V. G. Dunckley, C. M. L. Fildes, H. E. M. Gates, T. Gronn, P. Dunn, E. P. File, A. 0. Gay, E. V. Grove, F. M. Dunn, J. C. Eindlay, H. A. Geddes, J. 11. X. Gruar, F. H. Dunne, A. T. Findlay, W. George, C. Grubb, J. A. Dunning, W. H. J. Findlay, W. T. Gibbs, G. H. Gundy, W. E. Dunstall, F. A. Finlinson, J. Gibbs, W. H. Guthrie, E. 11. Dunwoodie, E. E. Finnerty, W. Gibens, F. J. P. Guthrie, L. Dykes, T. 0. Fisher, E. 11. Gilbert, G. MoD. Guthrie, W. P. Earnshaw, E. E. Fisher, F. F. Giles, F. A. Guy, P, A. Earnshaw, T. L. Fitzgerald, G. J. Gilfillan, M. Gwynne, G. M. Easthope, E. P, Fitzgerald, P. J. Gill, J. W. Hadfield, J. Easton, W. T. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Gill, L. G. Hadlee, W. Eccleton, J. T. Fitzwater, C. E. Gillct, 11. J. A. Haley, H. J. Edlin, A. Fitzwater, W. J. Gillick, J. Haliburton. G. L. Edmonds, A, 11. Fleming, A. W. Gillies, R. J. Hall, C. B. Edwards, C. N. Fletcher, H. J. Gillies, W. J. Hall, C. J. Edwards, E. J. Fletcher, J. 11. Gilligaii, J. S. Hall, J. Edwards, G. F. Flett, A. I. Gisby, T. F. Hall, J. J. Edwards, G. R. Flett, J. T. Gladding, W. J. Hall, S. Edwards, James Henry. Flower, W. E. L. Glass, J. T. Hall, W. H. Edwards, Joseph Henry. Flowerday, 11. Glen, T. J. Ilallett, A. S. Edwards, R. Flynn, C.J. Glennie, J. W. ilallett, E. G. Eeles, G. J. M. Flynn, P. J. Glynn, J. J. . Hatpin, J. A. Egan, P. Foden, E. S. Goad, W. J. Hamilton, A. Egan, T. S. Foley, D. J. Goer, A. J. Hamilton, E. M. Egginton, N. A. Ford, H. Goodhall, H. Hamilton, W. J.

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Officers who joined the Forces— continued. Hammersley, A. Hetrick, W. E. Hubbard, F. C. Jones, T. G. A. Hammond,'S. J. Hewitt, C. W. Huekstep, A. C. Jordan, C. G. M. Hampton, J. H. Hewitt, H. R. Hudson, W. C. E. Jordan, J. O. Hancock, G. L. Hewitt, Walter Joseph. ITulbeit, E. .Tory, G. L. Handcock, S. Hewitt, William Joseph. Hiilse, VV. H. Judson, L. G. Hands, C, T. C. Hickey, J. G. Hume, W. H. H. Judson. W. P. Hankins, M.E. Hickey, P. S. Humphrey, B. 11. Jury, L, Hanley, T. Hicks, W, J. Hunt, A. W. T. Justice, L. M. Hanna, W. J. Hickson, A, E. L. Hunt, C. S. Kane, J. Hannah, C. E. Higginson, 0. F. Hunt, P W. Kay, E. B. Hannah, 0. J. E. Higginson, W. S. Hunt, T. M. Keane, C. D. Hannah, D. li. Higgs, C. Hunt, V. J. Kear, E. Hannan, J. J. Hildreth, H. C. Hunter, H. Keegan, H. S. Hanratty, J. P. J. Hill, A. F Hunter, H. T. Keelc, T. M. Hansen, M. C. Hill, G, H. Hunter, R. E. Keenan, J. P. Hansen, W. H. Hill, I. J. Husband, H. A. Keenan, P. J. Hanson, A. A. Hill, J. C. Huse, A. E. Keinan, 0. W. Harbison, W. T. Hilliard, J. L. Huston, R. J. Keinan, C. W. S. Hardie, E. C. Hills, A. W. Huston, R. M. Kellawav, G. T. Hardy, T. G. Hills, S. W. Hutchinson, W. A. Kellegher, F. Hargood, H. H. Hind, W. E. P, Hutchison, T. M. Kelleber, J. Hargreaves, P. V. Hirst, W. C. Hutchison, W. W. Kellv, G. G. Harkness, G. Hitch, L. J. VV. Button, A. Kelly, H. Q, Harley, R. \{. Hitt, F. Hutton, W. M. Kelly, W. P. Harrigan, J. Hitt, J. Ibbetson, O. G. B. Kenealy, T. M. Harris, A. J. Hobman. H. V. Igoe, E. J. Kennaway, T. J. Harris, G. P. Hockley, B. C. Ingpen, E. E. Kennedy,"F. Harris, W. E. Hodges, A. J. Ingram, R. B. Kennedy, J. W. Harrison, D. Hodgkinson, A. Inkster, R. J. Kennedy, P. Harrison, J. VV 7 . Ilodson, V. E. Irvine, C. Kennedy, VV. Harrison, J. W. F. Hogan, P. J. Irvine, T. Kennedy, W. J. Hartland, F. C. Hogan, T. P. Irving, E. G. Kenney, L. C. Hartley, F. I. Hogg, VV. Israel, G. E. Kenny, W. D. Hartmann, H. Holden, C. T. Jack, J. T. Kent,' W. IT. Hartstonge, W. P. Holdsworth, F. I). Jackson, E. M. Kent-Johnston, W. F Hartwell, W. ,1. Holdsworth, J. S. Jackson. F. J. Keogh, P. L. Ilastedt, F. W. Holland, J. Jackson, S. G. Keohan, P. E. Hasted!:, R. 0. Holloway, W. S. Jackson, T. A. Kerr, G. W. Hastings, J. H. Hollyman, E. J. Jackson, W. 0. M. Kerr, H. Hatchard, 11. Hollyman, H. L. Jackson, W. J. Kerr, J. T. If, E. Haughie, W. B. Hollywood, J. E. Jacobs, J. H. Kersel, P, T. Hawke, 11. Holmes, James. James, E. C, Korslake, A. E. Hawken, C. G. Holmes, Joseph. James, J. Keys, P. L. Hawker, A. E. Holmes. P. I). James, J. IT. L. Kiddey, P. T. Hay, G. G. Holmes, S. It. James, J. T. N. Kiely, M, Hayes, J. W. Holmes, S. S. James, N. P, 11. Kiernan, J. A. Hayman, A. 11. Holmes, VV. li. Jamieson, G. E. Kilgour, D. VV. Havnes, L. A. Holt, F. P. Jamieson, L. King, 11. E. Hayward, E. J. Holyoake, C, V. Jarrett, C. P. King, P. T. Ilazeldine, D. 11. Honevbun, J. Jeffery, C. A. Kingan, F. Head, G, C. Hook', E. E. Jenkins. J. E. L. Kingan, VV. J. Heaphy, E. P. Hooker, A. B. Jenks, P. W. Kirk, IT. F. I learn,' IT. C. G. Hooker, I). IT. Jenncr, VV. F. Kirk, W. T. Hedge, L. W. Hooker, S. W. Johns, A. F. Kirkpatrick, A. Hedges, T. P. T. R. Hooker, W. E. Johns, IT. J. T. Kirkwood, A. R, lleenev, J. Hopkins, A. Johnson, F. H. Kirwan, J. P. Heffernan, S. G. Horan, Edward Andrew. Johnson, F. T. Kite, G. W. Heginbotham, S. A. Horan, Eugene Alovsius. Johnson, IT. Kitts, P. Helgesen, J. La. B, Horn, R. L. Johnson, H. J. B. Kivell, E. 11. Henderson, A. Horn, T. 11. Johnson, 0. 15. Klenner, A. W. Henderson, W. A. Home, IT. VV. John -.on, T. N. Knapp, A. Hendra, S. 0. Hornblow, J. A. Johnston, A. IT. Knight, J. J. Hendron, M. Horscroft, C. A. Johnston, G. Knight, It. 0. Hendry, D. G. Hosie, W. G. Jones, A. C. Krohn, M. Hendry, R, A. G. Hosking, A. E. Jones, A. R. • Kroning, F. A. Herbert, A. M. Houlahan, J. Jones, B. E. Laing, W. A. Herbert, D. A. Howarth, C. Jones, F. Lake, A. 0, Herd, T. R. Howe, L. A. S. Jones, H. A. Lake, L. A. Herivel, R. St. G. Howell, J. S. Jones, J. Lamb, 11. A. Heron, R, A. Howie, W. E. H. Jones, L. Lamb, P. Herring, A. E. Hoxman, C. E. Jones, R. G. Lambeth, T B.

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Officers who joined the Forces — continued. Lamerton, H. Lynskev, G. B. Mackay, J. A. G. Macvean, D. E. J. Lander, G. K. Lyon, G. E. McKay, M. H. Maddock, J. Lange, W. P. McAffer, J. McKay, P. G. Magee, J. M. Langkam, A. E. C. McAloou, 0. B. McKav. R, F. Magee, R. B. Lark, H. V. McAnallv, J. P. McKechnie, J. D. Mahaffie, J. B. D. Larking, H. 0. McArdle, J. McKechnie, R. W. Maher, J. J. Last-Harris, E. McArthur, F. 0. McKee, J. R. Mahon, J. P. Latimer, L. V. . McArthur, N. McKee, T. VV. Mahoney, D. N. G. Latimer, R. A. Mcßryde, A. E. McKeefry, J. E. A. Main, W. C. Lattimer, W. J. McCall, A. McKeitch, J. W. Mander, H. F. Lattimore, J. McCall, H. C. McKcndry, M. Mangos, D. Lattimore, 0. V. McCalman, L. 11. McKenna, J. F. Mann, W. Laurenson, J. McCarthy, L. 1. J. McKenzie, Alexander. Mansell, J. H. Laurie, W. R. D. McCarthy, R. IT. McKenzie, Allan. Mansfield, B. Lawn, V. C. McClare, F. J. McKenzie. H. A. Mansfield, W. D. Lawrence, R. L. McClure, A. Mackenzie, H. C. Mantell, F. M. Lawrenson, A. H. McCombe, R. C. L. Mackenzie, 11. J. 0. Marcussen, C. D. Laws, H. P. C. McCowatt, D. R. McKenzie, N. Marryatt, A. A. Lawson, A. E. McCullough, J. P, McKenzie, N. H. Marsh, G. W. Lawson, M. C. McCurdy, D. A, McKenzie, R. Marsh, W. Lawson, P. S. McCurdy, D. G. McKenzie, W. Marshall, A. Leadbeater, J. J. McDavitt, F. G. McKeown, W. J. A. Marshall, A. L. Leadbeater, L. W. J. McDermott, L. H. Mackie, D. E. Marshall, E. Learey, H. G. McDermott, W. B. Mackie, E. H. Marshall, K. R. Leary, L. McDonald, George. McKinnon, A. D. Marslin, W. T. Lee, J. McDonald, Gordon. McKinnon, J. Marston, J. A. Lee, T. C. McDonald, H. McKinnon, L. C. Martin, A. J. Leek, H. McDonald, J. McKnight, T. Martin, A. 0. Leeming, W. A. McDonald, J. F. McLachlan, L. H. Martin, C. R. Leers, M. McDonald, J. G. McLaren, C. A. Martin, G. C. Leith, R. McDonald, J. L. McLaren, N. M. Martin, J. S. Lemm, R. W. McDonald, P. McLean, A. A. Martin, T. W. Lendrum, T. B. Mac Donald, T. A. C. McLean, 0. L. Maskew, G. A. Lethaby, A. J. McDougail, D. L. K. McLean, G. L. Mason, S. H. Levin, A. P. McDougail, J. H. McLean, R. C. Mason, W. H. Levin, F. A. McDougail, S. I. McLean, T. A. Masters, L. V. Libeau, L. G. McEachen, C. N. McLeod, H. D. Mathews, F. W. Liddeli, A. W. McElligott, R. T. McLeod, M. Mathews, S. C. Lightwood, H. C. McElroy, G. MacLeod, R. B. Mathieson, S. E. C Liley, R. W. McEnirney, J. F. McLeod, R. D. Matthew, W. H. Limbrick, H. T. McErlean, J. C. McLeod, W. R. Matthews, F. H. Lind, A. J. McEvoy, J. N. McLuckie, A. A. Matthews, F. J. Lind, C. Macey, W. P. McMahon, D. Matthews, G. W. Lippett, A. H. McFadzen, I. A. McMahon, E. Matthews, V. A. F Lippitt, C. K. McFarlane, F. McManus, J. B. Matthews, W. Little, G. McFarlane F. L. McMichael, W. E. Mattingly, A. V. Little, H. H. Macfarlane, J. C. McMillan, L. J. Maxwell, L. S. Little, J. A. McGee, J. E. Macmorran, J. May, E. P. Little, W. S. McGee, L. D. S. McMullan, J. May, F. R. Lloyd, G. McGehan, G 0. MeMurtrie, J. May, R. G. Lobb, S. C. MeGilp, C. McNamee, J. Mayfield, L. J. Lockie, C. J. W. McGiven, C. W. McNatty, C. B. Mayo, C. G. Logan, J. W. McGiven, R. K. McNeely, G. Mayo, C. L. Logan, V. A. McGlone, P. McNeil, C. R. Mead, H. H. Lonergan, C. S. McGrath, D. McNeill, H. L. Mead, H. N. Long, G. McGrath, P. N. McNeillie, W. R. Mears, F. G. Longley, J. H. A. McGregor, A. MoNeish, A. W. Mcc, H. W. J. Loper, R. S. McGregor, D. McNeish, G. F. Meehan, J. T. Love, J. H. - McGregor, G. F. . McNicol, C. V. Meffin, G. Love, J. S. McGregor, I. I. McNiece, W. J. Meffin, J. Loveday, A. E. McGregor, J. McNulty, V. J. Megann, T. H. Loverid'ge, G. McGrevy, G. It. McPhail, W. H. Melrose, W. A. Loveridge, L. C. B. McHardie, C. V. McPherson, J. A. Melville, J. W. Low, F. C. V. Mcintosh, G. McQuarrie, G. G. Mence, A. L. Low, F. W. Mclntyre, G. A. McQuillan, B. Menzies, H. B. Lowe, F. A. Mclsaiic, C. B. McQuillan, P. Menzies, R. S. Lowe, L. A. Mclsaac, K. R. McQuinn, J. Mercer, S. C. Lucas, P. J. Mclver, L. D. Mcßoberts, E. 0. Meredith, P. B. Ludgate, H. E. Mack, W. A. B. McSherry, A. T. F. Mew, L. J. Lynch, J. McKay, A. D. D. McSweeney, T. J. G. Michelle, J. H. Lynch, J. H. Mackay, J. A, McVean, D. Middleton, A. S.

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Officers who joined the Forces — continued. Middleton, F. C. Murphy, John Lennox. Olson, D. W. Perrett, E. E. A. Middleton, G. E. Murphy, John Leonard. Olsson, A. W. Perrin, O. K. L. Milburn, A. W. Murphy, J. M. Olver, D. Person, R. Mill, A. Murphy, J. P. O'Neill, E. Peterson, N. W. Millar, T. Murphy, P. J. O'Neill, J. W. Philips, E. M. Miller, G. Murphy, T. Bj O'Neill, P. Phillipps, E. A. Miller, J. A. M. Murray, A. J. Oppenheim, S. E. Phillips, E. M. Miller, J. R. Murray, A. K. Ormsby, W. G. li, Phillips, P, Miller, P. S. . Murray, I). H. Orr, A. Phillips, T. C. Miller, T. M. Murray,. E. T. Osborn, E. E. Phinix, A. Mills, 8.D.1 Murray, G. Osborn, T. A. Piercy, G. H. Mills, C. L.«j Murray, J. Osborne, A. IT. Pinkliam, W. G. F. Mills, J. L. ' Murray, J.J. O'Sullivan, J. P. Pitcher, F. R. Mills, L. Nalder, A. C. O'Sullivan, M. F. Pitts, C. E. Mills, L. S. Nankervis, A. C. Otway, F. D. Player, F. W. Mills, S. C. Nankervis, W. 11. Outtrim, A. H. Pledger, L. L. Milne, E. A. Nash, P. J. Overcnd, G. A. Pocock, N. C. Milne, H. I). Naylor, A. Owens, W. T. IT. Polkinghorne, A. P. Milne, H. C. Naylor, A. G. Pain, H. R. Poole, F. A. A. Milner, C. U. Naylor, 11. G. Palmer, E. 0. Pooley, A. W. Mincher, 0. P. Nevison, P, Pankhurst, E. A. Pooley, A. W. T. Minifie, C. F. N. Newell, F. L. Paramor, M. Pooley, F. C. G. Minnis, H. W. '■ Newman, P. Parfitt, A. F. Porteous, D. Minoguo, W. J. Newth, C. H. Park, 11. J. Porteous, G. S. Mitchell, E. J. Newton, A. E. Parker, A. P. J. Porteous, P. M. Mitchell, G. E. Newton, CD. Parker, A. W. Powell, A. E. Mitchell, J. H. Newton, S. Parker, F. Power, J. W. Mitchell, R. F. Nicholls, 0. L. Parker, E. L. 0. Power, T. F. Mitchell, T. Nicholls, H. Pa.rker, J. Power, VV. J. Mitchell, V. Nicholls, W. K. Parker, J. F. Poyntei, IT. S. Mitchell, W. P, Nicholson, E. L. Parkyn, N. S. Praih, F. Molloy, 8.. J. . Nicoles, J. W. Parlane, IT. It. Pratley, W. J. Monahan, J. J. Nicoll, C. H. C. Parli, F. Pratt, R. J. . . !" Moon, C. P. Nicolson, H. E. Parmenter, H. E. Prebble, F. W. Moor, F. W. Nixon, H. E. Pamell, E. E. Prendergast, P. Moor, R. S. Norgrove, L. A. Parrant, L. W. Prew, J. W. Moore, A. N. S. Norris, H. V. Parsloe, L. J. Price, G. A. Moore, G. V. T. Norris, S. A Partridge, H. A. Price, G. W. F. Moore, H. D. Norris, W. D. P. Pascoe, L. S. Price, H. L. Moore, H. P, Norris, W. J. L. Pascoe, L. V. Price, J. C. Moore, J. G. Norriss, L. E. Pascoe, W. Price, J. W. Moore, S. F. North, L. G. Paterson, D. Price, W. J. Moore, W. W. Nottle, J. Paterson, D. M. Pringle, I). Moran, W. J. Dates, E. J. Paton, J. F. Pringle, H. Morcom, G. Y. Oates, J. E. Paton, J. S. Priston, T. E. . Morgan, A. V. O'Brien, J. Paton, T. Pritohard, J. S. Morgan, F. L. O'Brien, J. G. Patterson, A. 11. Probert, S. B. Morgan, G. A. O'Brien, M. Patterson, H. Proebstel, T. B. Morgan, R. A. O'Brien, W. T. Patterson, James. Pugh, C. 11. Moriarty, M. O'Callaghan, J. Patterson, John. Pugh, D. Morland, M. O'Connell, D. P. Patterson, W. G, B. Pullar, R. G. Morley, J. W. O'Connell, W. Paul, J. C. Purcell, W. K. Morley, T. O'Connor, D. It. Paul, W. J. Purton, F. W. Morris, E. V. J. O'Connor, J. D. Pavitt, K. M. Purves, J. Morrison, I). O'Connor, M. Pawelka, J. A. Quayle, A. A. Mountfort, R. 0. O'Connor, S. J. Peachey, G. A. Quayle, T. J. . Mountier, F. G. O'Donnell, L. D. Peacock, S. L. Quick, R. Mudgc, A. IT. O'Donnell, M. F. Pearce, C. G. Rafter, M. E. Muir, J. R. O'Donovan, P. P. Pearce, S. L. Rains, L. C. Mulholland, G. It. (). O'Grady, J. Pearce, W. H. Itasmussen, C. J. Mulholland, J. G. O'Hagan, M. Pearce, W. P. Rattray, A. M. Mulholland, W. C. B. Olausen, W. P, Pearse, A. V. Rauch, J. N. Mullin. M. H. Oldershaw, N. N. Pearse, W. J. Raxworthv, C. H. Mulvihill, J. O'Leary, P. C. S. Pearson, G. G. Ray, L. (.)'. Munden, E. A. O'Leary, T. M. Peate, C. P. Rayner, VV. 11. Munn, It. R. Oliver, R. Peene, C. S. Itea, F. J. Munro, A. W. Oliver, R. J. Pegler, B. T. Redmond, J. T. Murch, A. G. Olliver, L. T. Pengelly, F. Peed, F. G. Murdoch, J. R. Olson, A. Percy, A. Reed, W. A. Murphy, B. . Olsen, 0. E. W. Percy, G. V. . Reed, W. T. Murphy, J. Olsen, W. R. Perkins, E. R. Reeve, W. K.

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Officers who joined the Yokces- continued. Register, L. Round, L. F. Sheahan, J. B. Smith, W. K. Reid, C. E. Rowan, W. B. Shearer, F. J. Smith, W. T. Reid, F. F. Rowan, W. J. Shearman, J.F. Smyth, J. A. Reid, S. B. Rowband, F. A. N. Shearman, W. P. J. Smyth, J. F. Reid, W. Rowe, HC. Sheary, J. E. Smythe, H. H. Renaud, H, E. G. N. Rowe, J. P. Sheehan, P. J. Sneesby, A. 11. Rennie, A. Rowe, L. 0. Shelker, J. H. Snell. A. Rennie, A. M. M. Rowe, N. C. Shennan, R. 0, Snell, T. F. Rennie, C. H. Ruane, T. Shepherd, G. Soal, G. C. Re veil, C. B. Rudinan, 0. 1. Shepherd, M. N. Soper, R. V. Rice, S. Rusbridge, T. F. Shepherd, P. J. Soppet, N. A. Richardson, E. H. Ruscoc, W. J. F. Sherlock, A. G. A. Sorensen, F. J. S. Richardson, J. M. Russell, A. Sherlock, E. It. O. Sotheran, 0. Richardson, J. R. Russell, J. 0. Sherrard, T. J. Soilness, J. C. Richter, J. 0. Russell, L. C Sherriff, R. Southee, W. M. Riddell, J. Russell, It. L. Sherson, G. A. Sparkes, E. P. Riddell, R. Russell, W. B. Sherson, T, V. Sparnon, R. VV. Riddick, L. W. Rutherford, J. T, Shields, E. N. A, Spear, R. Ridgley, C. W. Ryan, D. M. Shiells, W. Speodie, S. B. Rigarlsford, 0. Ryan, E. Shirley, G. VV. C. Spelman, W. T. Riggs, C. G. Ryan, H. R. Short, F. W. Spencer, S. C. F. Rivers, F W. Ryan, T. S. Shorter, W. C. Spooner, E. J. Robb, D. T. Ryan, W. Shrimpton, J. W. S. Springer, P. B. Robb, E. J. Ryder, E. R. R. Sievwright, C, G. Spry, P. O. Robb, J. M. St. George, G. E. Sigley, A. G. Stagg, L. A. Robb, P. D. St. John, H. B. Signal, W. C. Stagpoole, V. B. Roberts, it. L, T St. John, R. S. Silverwood, E. T. Stamton, F. H. B Roberts, S. Sage, W. G. Simpson, A. J. Stanclen, S. J. Roberts, W. H. L. Salisbury, C. Simpson, A. W. Stanley, A. G. Robertson, A. Salmond, G. C. Simpson, H. W. Stanley, J. L. Robertson, D. M. Sanders, A. E. Simpson, John. Staples, L. H. Robertson, H. A. Sanderson., W. D. Simpson, John. Staples, R. W. E. Robertson, J. Sargent, H. It. Simpson, P. D. Stapp, L. A. G. Robertson, J. G- Saunders, H. J. Simpson, R. W. Stark, A. Robertson, J. H. Saunders, J. S. Simpson, S. M. G. Steele, J. W. Robertson, W. B Sawyer, J. R. Simpson, W. L. Stehr, S. M. W. Robins, G. H. Sawyer, W. A. Simpson, W. T. Stenhouse, J. A Robinson, C. E. Scadden, W. L. Sinclair, J. L. Stephen, E. A. Robinson, C. Q. Scales, R. D. Sisley, G. H. Stephen, J. Robinson, 0. W. Schaab, M. J. Sissons, H. W. It. Stephens, .11. M. Robinson, F. C. Schaumanii, D. T. Sissons, J. G. Stephens, J. Robinson, F. G. Schofield, A. V. Sivewright, A. H. Steven, J. Robinson, G. Schulenburg, J. T. Skellern, H. Stevens, 0. E. Robinson, J. Sclater, D. C. Skelley, J. H. Stevens, C. F. Robinson, R. C. Sclater, J. R. Skinner, E. J. Stevens, E. P. Robinson, R. W. Scott, 0. H. J. Skinner, F. J. Stevens, P. B. Robinson, W. H. Scott, D. C. Skinner, T. Stevenson, A. T. Roche, J. Scott, H. G. Slatford, A. H. Stevenson, C. A. Roche, W. Scott, J. 11. Sleightholme, L. Stevenson, R. M. Roderique, S. Scott, J. S. Sloan, D. Stevenson, T. J. Rodwell, J. A. Scott, It. F. C. Sloan, F. L. Stevenson, W. J. Rogers, A. G. Scott, S. E. Smith, A. P. Steward, W. R. H. Rogers, E. V. Scott, V. J. Smith, D. R, Stewart, A. Rogers, J. Scrivener, C. A. Smith, D. A, F. Stewart, A. L. G. Rogers, L. M. Scrivener, L. It. Smith, E. J. Stewart, H. B. H. Rogers, T. H. Scull, W. E. Smith, F. A. Stewart, H. G. Rooney, G. J. Scully, J. Smith, G E. Stewart, J. Roper, L. A. Scully, M. Smith, G. 11. Stewart, R, Roper, R. W. Seabourn, G. Smith, H, C. Stewart, "VV. R, J. Rose, D. Seagar, F. Smith, H. J. 11, Stichbury, M. H. Rosie, A. M. Searle, W. C. S. Smith, H. M. Stimpson, W. A. Ross, A. B. W. Sears, W. Smith, J. Stitt, J. M. Ross, A. J. Seaton, C. H. Smith, J. H. I). Stockham, J. G. Ross, C. Sefton, P. Smith, J. R. Stone, H. L. Ross, D. W. Seldon, H. N. Smith, J. S. Stone, M. A. Ross, J. Semple, A; Smith, J. W. P. Storring, A. N. Ross, N. V. Sentch, A. Smith, K. M. Stott, A. L. 11. Ross, V. J. Shannon, L. S. Smith, M. C. Strachan, J. 'I. Ross', W. B. Sharp, C W. Smith, P. I. Strack, G. S. Rossiter, A. A. Sharpin, L. W. Smith, S. C. Strang, T. R Roulston, H. L. Shaw, A. B. Smith, S. Stubberfield, F. E. Roulston, H. Shaw, C. Smith, W. A. Stubbs, C. F. Round, C. S.S. Shaw, P. H. Smith, W. J. Stuckey, W. P.

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Officers who joined the Forces — continued. Studd, L. N. Toms, E.§lt. Warwick, G. A. Williams, H. A Sturm, E. W. Toms, G. Wasley, J. E. Williams, L. J. Sturrock, W. T. Toner, H. Waterman, A. Williams, M. A Sullivan, J. Toner, J. Waters, C. F. A. Williams, N. G. Sullivan, J. F. Toomey, J.T. Watson, IT. A, P. Williams, P. L. Summers, S. W. Towers, J. Watson, J. Williams, T. A. Sutherland, A. S. Townes, J. W. Watson, W. J. T. Williams, T. H. A. Sutherland, E. G. Townsend, P, L. Watt, E. L. Williams, W. A. H. Sutherland, H. J. Toy, J. C. Way, L. A. Williamson, A. I) Sutherland, H. N. Trail, E. O. Weaver, W. J. Willis, A. L. M. Sutherland, J. Trask, W. A. Webb, G. R; Willis, S. H. Sutherland, J. M. Tremain, A. E. Webb, 11. L. Wilson, A. Sutherland, P. R. Tremain, C. W. H. Webb, L. R. S. Wilson, A. L. Sutherland, R. M. Tremain, V. S. Webber, F. E. Wilson, A. M. Svendsen, A. P. Trembath, G. H. Weekes, G. Wilson, C. Swan, W. B. Treweek, S. C. F. Welch, T. J. Wilson, 0. E. Swap, A. W. Troughton, A. G. Weller, J. B. Wilson, G. Sweeney, C. Troup, J. W. Weller, J. R. Wilson, H. Sweeney, E. Trussell, L. A. Wells, A. C. Wilson, J. S. Sweeney, R. J. Trustrum, E. A. Wells, A. F. Wilson, L. Sweetman, G. B. J. W. Tuohev, J. A. Wells, C. A. Wilson, N. A. Swift, W. A. Turner, J. C. Wells, F. A. Wilson, N. E. Sydow, A. Turner, J. L. Wells, F. R. A. Wilson, R. D. Symonds, J. W. Turner, S. G. Wells, G. H. E. Wilson, T. A.'. Tait, A. R. Turner, W. E. Wells, H. E. Wilson, W. A. Tait, R. F. Tweedy, G. F. Wendelken, C. W. Wilson, W. W. Tasker, P. E. Twidle, B. S. Wenham, W. R. Wiltshire, A. G. Tassell, C. T. Twomey, J. P. West, J. A. Wiltshire, J. A. Tavlor, A. B. Tyler, E. H. West, T. Wimsett, H. A! Taylor, E. G. Tyler, F. W. West, W. A. Windsor, 0. 11. Taylor, G. J. L. Uatuku, T. I. Western, P. VV. Winkler, G. T. Taylor, G. R. Utting, L.-C. Weston, W. W. Winstone, H.J. K. Taylor, H. Vause, N. It. Whaler, E. N. Winter, G. C. Taylor, J. B. Veitch, S. R. Whall, L. V. Winter, N. W. J. Taylor, N. O. Vercoe, F. T. Whatman, J. P. Wiseman, N. 0. Taylor, W. J. K. Vincent, M. Wheeler, It. S. Withers, F. T. Teller, J. G. Vine, W. E. Whelan, T. H. Withers, P. S. T. Teller, It, J. Voigt, F. E. P. White, B. L. S. Wood. A. J. Tempero, H. Vocasivich, W J White, D. N. Wood, H. (J. Tennet, S. F. Voyce, G. H. White, E. Wood, J. R. Terry, H. J. Voyce, T. C. White, E. S. Wood, L. M. Tester, R. S. Wahren, E. P. White, J. L. Wood, W. W. 1. Thayer, H. It. Wainwright, F. White, L. A. Woodford, A. R, Thorn, W. H. Wakelin, W. R. White, M. A. Woods, F. W. Thomas, A. Walden, H. L. White, S. L. Woods, G. Thomas, A. H. Walker, D. J. B. White, S. W. Woods, L A, A. Thomas, F. H. Walker, H. White, W. J. Woods, S. Thomas, G. C. Walker, H. L. White, W. P. Woods, W. G. C. Thomas, W. A. Walker, H. W. Whitehead, E. Woodsford, A. E. Thompson, D. Walker, L. de It. Whitehead, H. Woodward, G. G. Thompson, E. A. Walker, M. R. Whitehouse, H. 0. Woolley, F. Thompson, G. J. Walker, W. H. Whitham, J. P. Wootton, P. J. Thompson, H. J. Walkley, W. G. Whitham, L. A. Worsfold, R. 11. Thompson, L. C. Wallace, E. E. Whitham, W. J. Worsley, H. F. Thompson, M. J. Wallace, G. Whitmore, D. F. Worthington, E. S. Thompson, S. H. Wallace, P. Whyte, C. M. Wright, David C. Thompson, W. Wallace, R. A. Wicks, A. W. Wright, Donald C. Thomson, D. R. Wallace, T. B. Wiggins, H. Wright, E. Thomson, H. C. Wallace, W. A, Wight, J. Wright, E. It. Thomson, J. F. Walks, C. M. Wilcox, J. F. Wright, J. Thomson, J. R. Walsh, H. V. Wilcox, J. 0. W. Wright, J. L. Thorburn, A. S. Walsh, J. Wiley, A. L. Wright, 0. J. Thorburn, H. V. Walsh, J. C. Wilkic, W. J. Wright, W. J. Thorburn, J. Walsh, L. J. Wilkins, G. V. Wylde, W. P. Thornton, J. H. Walshe, J. D. C. Wilkins, H. J. C. Wylie, A. P. Thornton, T. F. Walton, A. Wilkinson, A. E. Wylie, N. B. Thwaites, R. Walton, G. Wilkinson, G. E. Wyllie, J. A. Tinney, J. G. Walton, 0. Wilkinson, H. T. H. Yates, W. Tinnock, J. A. Wanden, N. W. Willcock, F. Young, A. Tiplady, C. B. Wanden, W. J. Willeston, W. 11. Young, B. H. Titchener, L. H. Ward, E. W. Williams, A. Young, H. L. Tobin, J. F. V. Ward, H. V. Williams, C. W. Young, J. G. Todd, L. W. Ward, W. Williams, F. J. Zaffer, R. A. Tollan, D. Ware, A. A. Williams, G. H.

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REPORT.

Rboeipsds and Payments. The. receipts ami payments of the Department for the financial year 1918-19 are shown in the following table : —

The total receipts exceeded those of 1917-18 by £135,279. The receipts and payments for fins ten years ended 31st March, 1919, and for the years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder: —

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. _, , Receipts. £ s. d. Postages .. .. .. ' .. .. .. 935,548 10 2 Money-order and postal-note commission .. .. .. 26,912 0 11 Money-order commission received from foreign, offices .. .. 775 7 11 Private box and bag rents .. .. .. .. .. 18,369 16 7 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. .. 1,979 7 4 Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges Totals .. .. .. .. 983,585 2 11 £ s. d. 130,131 12 9J 485,6.54 1 II 373,168 16 7£ £ s. d. 935,548 10 2 26,912 0 11 775 7 11 18,369 16 7 132,111 0 U 485,654 1 11 373,168 16 7i Payments. £ s. d. Salaries (classified officers) .. .. .. .. .. 288,024 15 6 Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions 21,391 0 0 to Railway Department) (Jonveyaneo of mails by sea .. .. .. .. 59,238 0 7 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. .. .. 122,019 9 2 Conveyance of mails by railway .. .. .. .. 80,179 11 9 Money-order commission credited to foreign offices .. .. 2,346 19 8 Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 249,351 5 II 988,954 II 4 £ s. d. 429,474 0 0 37,607 (l 0 1,972,539 14 8 £ s. d. 717,498 16 '6 58,998 0 0 59,238 0 7 122,019 9 2 80,179 11 9 2,346 19 8 134,616 9 10 527,150 18 10 134,616 9 10 277,799 12 II 822,551 2 6 Balance of receipts over payments .. .. .. .. 161,034 0 5 Totals .. .. .. .. 983,585 2 II 879,497 2 9 109,457 8 7 1,702,048 6 3 270,491 9 0 988,954 II 4 1,972,539 14 3

Year. Receipts. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. 1881-1882 £ 234,529 £ 233,291 £ 1,238 1891-1892 320,058 268,343 51,715 1901-1-902 488,573 465,756 22,817 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 * * i 961,500 1,037,265 1,087,710 1,167,826 1,269,921 1,359,059 1,695,757 1,809,317 1,837,260 1,972,539 858,059 914,069 988,911 1,069,272 1,173,314 1,246,850 1,296,522 1,370,810 1,489,446 1,702,048 103,441 123,196 98,799 98,554 96,607 112,209 399,235 438,507 347,814 270,491 Total for ten years 14,198,154 I 12,109,301 12,109,301 2,088,853 _ I

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Staff. Comparative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1918, and 31st March, 1919. The total number of officers on the station the 31st March, 1918 and 1919, was as under:— 31st March, 31st Maroh, 1918. 1919. Postmaster-General .;. ... ... ... 1 1 Classified staff— Permanent— Administrative Division ... ... ... 3 4 Professional Division ... ... ... 38 33 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... 3,163 3,601 General Division ... ... ... ... 3,464 3,722 Temporary— Night-watchmen ... ... ... ... 2 2 Postmistresses and assistants ... ... 164 188 Switchboard attendants ... ... ... 520 313 Note-sorters, distributors, &c. ... ... 146 66 Postmen, messengers, and chauffeurs ... 306 331 Night telephonists ... ... ... * ... 50 65 Total, classified staff ... ... 8,157 8,325 Employees not on classified staff— Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... 2,303 2,280 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Railway officers ... ... ... 140 143 Total ... ... ... ... 10,600 10,748 Health of Permanent Staff. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave :—<• Number Average Absence Average Abwiiue on Staff. per sfck Officer. for eac , h °f ver c employed. Days. Days. Men ... ... ... 6,306 1893 11-84 Women ... ... ... 954 24-87 20-11 Fifty-six officers died during the year, exclusive of casualties in the Expeditionary Force. Personal and Staff. At the New Year Mr. W. R. Morris, Secretary of the Department, previously appointed to be a Companion of the Imperial Service Order, was appointed to be a, Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George for valuable services rendered to the New Zealand Government. Mr. F. V. Waters, First Assistant Secretary of the Department, died in November, 1918. Mr. Waters had served the Department for over forty-four years. He was succeeded by Mr. It. B. Morris, Chief Inspector, and Mr. Morris was succeeded by Mr. J. C. Williamson, Chief Postmaster, Auckland. . Mr. E. A. Shrimpton, DistrictjTelegraph Engineer, Wellington, was appointed Chief Telegraph Engineer for the Dominion, in succession to Mr. J. Orchiston (retired). Mr. Timothy Buckley, who filled the position of Chief Electrician of the Department for many years, and subsequently that of Director of Telephone Services, was at the end of the year on leave prior to his retirement on superannuation in August, 1919. Mr. G. B. Dall, Assistant Secretary of the Department, was appointed Inspector of Army Postal Services, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He left New Zealand in October, 1.918, to take up his duties. Reclassification of Staff. An important event in the history of the Department was the passing of the Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1918. It was recognized by Government that the schedules of salaries of officers provided in 1912 by the Public Service Act were out of date. This was principally so by reason of the great increase in the cost of living, an increase not adequately met by the granting of a war bonus to officers with small salaries. The cessation of hostilities was not followed by any decline in the high cost of living, and the need of better provision for the remuneration of officers became pressing. The new Act, which conies into force on the Ist April, 1919, provides for salaries and allowances to be prescribed by regulation. This method of prescribing salaries enables changes to be made from time to time as circumstances require without waiting for legislation. The first salary regulation under the Act will provide a higher scale of salaries than has ever previously been paid in the Department. Provision is made under the Act for the exclusion of the Department from the Public Service Act, except that the appointments and promotions of officers will be approved by the Public Service Commissioner. The only appointments not requiring the approval of the Commissioner are those of the. Secretary, the Chief Telegraph Engineer, the First Assistant Secretary, and the Second Assistant Secretary. These officers will be appointed by the Governor-General. The Postmaster-General is responsible for the administration of the Department, and his right to the control of the appointments

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of the officers performing the detail administrative work under his direction has been restored. Under the Act there are established, a Promotion Board and an Appeal Board. The Promotion Board consists of the Secretary, the Chief Telegraph Engineer, the Chief Inspector, the Superintendent of Staff, and an officer of the Department elected by tho officers. All appointments will first be considered by the. Promotion Board, and the Public Service Commissioner's duty will be to make the appointments as recommended by the Promotion Board if he is satisfied that the recommendations have, been made in accordance with the Act, If any disagreement should arise between the Commissioner and the Board on that point the matter is to be referred to the Postmaster-General, whose determination shall be final. The constitution of the Appeal Board established under the Act is the same as that established under the Public Service Act viz., two persons appointed by the GovernorGeneral, and one officer each of the postal and telegraph branches elected by the officers themselves. As under the previous arrangement only one elected member will sit at a time. Every officer of the Department is given the right of appeal to the Appeal Board against any determination of his superior officers relative to his classification or salary, and the decision of the Board is to be final. The Act provides also for restricting the transfer of officers to other Departments. No officer is to be appointed to any other Department except with the consent of the Permanent Heads of both Departments. It is expected, however, that the inducements to remain in the Post and Telegraph Department will be such that officers will not seek removal to other Departments. Board of Appeal : Public Servicf, Act, 1912. The Department received from the Chairman of the Board of Appeal established under tin 1 Public Service Act, 1912, a letter expressing appreciation of the manner in which promotions throughout the Service had been made. The Chairman stated that the fact that a comparatively small percentage of appeals was successful was valuable testimony to the nature of the investigation undertaken before officers were recommended for promotion. The Chairman added that he was pleased to be able to say that the Board had never felt when allowing an appeal, that the original recommendation of the Department was in any way due in the slightest degree to a desire to favour one officer to the detriment of another, and that the Board had been deeply impressed by the absolute fairness of the Department to its officers. The Board automatically dissolved on the 31st March, 1919. Epidemic of Influenza. In common with other institutions which employ considerable staff the Department: was seriously affected by the epidemic of influenza which prevailed throughout the Dominion during November and December, 1918. It was the cause of the death of seventy officers (permanent and temporary). In a period of two months practically every office in the Dominion was visited by the disease, and in some cases all the members of the staff were struck down, necessitating the sending of urgent relief to keep the services going. The state of affairs was so serious that hours of attendance had to be reduced and business generally curtailed. At the same time special efforts were made to facilitate the work of the Health Officers, medical men, and the various committees organized to light the scourge. Notwithstanding the serious position the Department was placed in there was no disorganization. In recognition of the whole-hearted efforts made to meet the unprecedented difficulties by officers who escaped the disease or were able to return to duty early, every officer of the Department was granted for 1919 one week's extra annual leave, and every officer who was on duty throughout the epidemic was granted a further three days' leave. Also, no deduction was made from annual leave or from pay on account of absence through influenza during the epidemic, and payment at schedule rates was made to officers for daily excess duty worked in consequence of and during the time of the epidemic. Non-fermanent Postmasters : Remuneration. Alterations in. the method of remunerating non-permanent Postmasters and Telephonists were made in order to improve the scale of the salaries of these officers. Pf.rtoration of Services. The release from military duty of officers of the Department, following on the cessation of hostilities, enabled services that had been reduced in consequence of the drain on the Department's man power to be restored. Examinations. The number of officers who sat for efficiency examinations during the year 1918—19 was 796. Of this number 469 (59 per cent.) were either wholly or partially successful. The War and the Department. From the outbreak of war the Department telegraphed for exhibition at post-offices connected with the telegraph system war news received by Government; and from May, 1915, when casualties in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force began to be reported, similarly dealt with casualty lists and hospital reports. From the 3rd March. 1916, the. circulation of the hospital reports was restricted to principal offices. From the Nth February, 1918, the casualty lists and hospital reports were divided into four sections—one for each of the four military districts, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago. The casualty lists were then telegraphed only to the offices in the district concerned, and hospital reports to the principal offices in that district, The district to which a soldier belonged was determined by the address of his next-of-kin. The J transmission of casualty and hospital reports ceased on the 15th October, 1918. The transmission of war news continued until the cessation of hostilities.

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Owing to the. cessation of hostilities and the demobilization of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force the V.M.C.A. coupons, which had been on sale at all money-order offices in the Dominion, were withdrawn on the 28th February, 1919. The Department has since the beginning of the war rendered valuable service to the Minister of Finance in receiving from the public amounts for investment in the war loans placed on tho market. The amount collected through the medium of the Post Office up to the 31st: March, 1.919, totalled £11,923,592 45., of which sum £4,017,608 14s. represents sale of war-loan certificates, and the balance Treasury bonds. The public has lodged in custody of the General Post Office certificates to the value of £1,556,436. Many persons have taken advantage of the Department's newly established safedeposit system to lodge Treasury bonds. Censorship. Following upon the signing of the armistice with Germany, the advertising of particulars of despatch of mails by all overseas steamers was resumed on the 4th December, 1918. Likewise were removed the restrictions upon cable messages dealing with the movements of shipping and on the publication in the Press of similar information. On the 10th January, 1919, the wireless censorship was relaxed to permit of the communication by wireless between the master and the owners or agents of a ship of plain-language messages relative to the safety and working of the vessel. On the 3rd February the censorship of wireless messages, except of those to warships, ceased. Stores. Hitherto no mention has been made in the annual report of tin; Stores Branch of the Department. The growth of the branch has, however, been such that some reference to its functions and activities is now due. The functions of the Stores Branch, concern the purchase, receipt, inspection, custody, issue, and disposal of all stores and supplies required for the construction and maintenance of the Department's services. The articles handled may be said to range from needles to anchors, and comprise over twenty thousand different lines. The following figures give some idea of the value of stores dealt with :- Main Store, Wellineton— £ Puichases for year ended 31st March, 1910.. .. .. .. .. 119,398 31st March, 1915.. .. .. .. .. 225,372 31st March, 1919.. .. .. .. .. 185,941 Purchases, Ist April, 1914, to 31st March, 1.91 R .. .. .. .. .1,110,211 Issues, Ist April, 1914, to 31 st March,l9lB .. .. .. 1,123,922 Stocks on hand on the 31st March, 1919, were — At Main Store, Wellington (exclusive of free-issue items, value approximately £30,000) .." .. .. .. .. .. .. 259,749 At District Store, Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 37,093 At sub stores .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 166,102 £462,944 During the period of the war in only a few instances was it necessary to use substitutes for standard lines, and therefore very little difficulty was experienced in reasonably meeting all maintenance requirements, for post and telegraph offices during that period. Having regard to the necessity for providing the Service and the public with the means of transacting business conducted through the Department, it was anticipated, years ago that dock strikes and other labour troubles would cause delays in getting supplies forwa.rd, and therefore arrangements were made whereby it was possible to hold reserve stocks of many lines that were obtained from overseas. The wisdom of this arrangement has been amply proved. As far as possible support is given to New Zealand manufacturers of supplies required by the Department. A trial order has recently been placed for locally manufactured insulators. In addition to purchasing and issuing stores for its own use the Department purchases largely for other Departments. A motor-supplies section has been established as part of the Stores Branch, and this section purchases and stocks motor-supplies for distribution throughout the Dominion, not only for the Department, but also for other Government Departments. Maimed soldiers are employed in the hamper section of the Stores Branch, and it is found that they take kindly to and interest themselves in the work. In course of time, they will no doubt become efficient workers. During the year a fire at the Addington Store yard destroyed a large quantity of lead-covered cable. Departmental Workshops. The Department has at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin well-equipped workshops in which are repaired departmental motor-lorries, motor-cars, motor-cycles, and. bicycles. During the war spare parts were unprocurable from abroad. These were made in the machine-shop at Wellington and proved satisfactory. In the Wellington workshops is undertaken the manufacture of telegraph and telephone instruments and^apparatus,

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In the carpenters' ■ branches at Auckland and Wellington post-office fittings are manufactured, and at Wellington motor-bodies for the Department and for other Government Departments are built, painted, and upholstered. New workshops are in course of erection in Wellington, and when completed will enable the workto be dealt with more satisfactorily. Post Office. During 1918 Inspectors of Post-offices visited 1,938 offices, and permanent Postmasters inspected 156 non-permanent offices in their vicinity. Twenty-six post-offices were established and 28 closed. The number of post-offices open on the 31st December, 1918, was 2,344. The names of 4 offices were changed to meet local circumstances. The number of articles delivered in the Dominion, including those received from places beyond, during the year 1918, compared with the number in 1917, was as under:— 1918. 1917. Increase. Decrease. Letters and letter-cards.. 118,363,999 124,753,070 .. 6,389,071 Post-cards .. .. 3,904,316 4,254,705 .. 350,389 Other articles .. .. 38,413,765 43,488,744 .. 5,074,979 Totals .. 160,682,080 172,496,519 .. 11,814,439 Parcels .. .. 3,038,706 3,019,336 19,370 The letters and letter-cards decreased 5T2 per cent., post-cards decreased 8-23 per cent., other articles decreased 11-66 per cent., and parcels increased 0-64 per cent. In 1917 letters and letter-cards increased 2-59 per cent., post-cards decreased 7-56 per cent., other articles decreased 6-39 per cent., and parcels increased 1-27 per cent. The average number of letters and letter-cards posted per unit of population during 1918 was estimated at 112-02. The average in 1917 was 110-27. The declared value of parcels received from places outside the Dominion in 1918 was £945,113, as against £580,126 in 1917. The Customs duty amounted to £162,165 Us. Id. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the Dominion in 1918 was £120,436, as against £31,215 in 1917. 7,433 other articles were returned to foreign countries; 3,805 were returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office, and 90,831 by Chief Postmasters ; 20,879 were returned by Chief Postmasters to other countries: a total of 122,948 other articles, as compared with 111,014 in 1917. 21,882 letters were wrongly addressed ; 69 letters were discovered to have been posted bearing previously used stamps ; 8,577 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 2,639 newspapers and 2,51.9 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 19,192 newspapers were returned to publishers; 4,689 letters and 1,698 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 207 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. Dead and Missing Letters. There were 5,521 inquiries made during 1918 for postal packets alleged to have been posted and not delivered. In 3,088 of the inquiries—nearly three-fifths of the total number—the investigations made by the Department resulted in the missing articles being traced or accounted for. These may be summarized as follows :— Number of Result Traced Cases. 712 .. .. Sender responsible for delay. 957 .. .. Addressee responsible for delay. 439 .. .. Post Office responsible for delay. 980 .. .. No delay or responsibility not fixed. Total .. 3,088 The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards to the total number delivered within the Dominion was 0-67 per cent, 294.563 letters (including letters addressed to soldiers and registered letters) were opened and returned to writers through the Dead Letter Office ; 38,940 were returned unopened to other countries ; 177,384 (including those addressed to soldiers) were reissued; 32,533 were destroyed; 253,775 were* rcturnedf by" Chief Postmasters to senders within New Zealand; 23,789 were returned by Chief; Postmasters to other countries: a total of 820,984 letters, as compared with 666,429 in 1917. Literature for the Blind. Under the Post and Telegraph Act postal packets containing literature prepared in raised characters intended for the entertainment and instruction of the blind are not subject to postage if they are addressed to or posted by an institute for'the blind'or by public libraries. Tt is proposed to introduce legislation to allow any package exclusively containing such matter, by whomsoever posted, to be carried post free.

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Wellington City Council Milk Scheme : Assistance of Post Office. The Wellington City Council, in connection with its scheme for the supply of milk under the "block" system, sent a card to each residence in the city and suburbs in August, 1918, asking for particulars of householders' milk requirements. The Department delivered the cards to householders, and, after the filling-in of particulars, collected the cards and returned them to the Town Clerk's office. The number of cards delivered was 16,839. The main portion of the work was done by a special staff of fourteen men, and occupied a little over three weeks. Prohibited Correspondence. During the year 159 letters addressed to persons or firms for whom the transmission of correspondence is. prohibited under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, were withheld from transmission. Register of Newspapers and Magazines. Eleven newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and 10 were removed from the register. Six magazines were registered, and 6 were removed from the register. Postage-stamps. New Zealand stamps of the current series have been overprinted with the word " Rarotonga " and the value in native language, for use in the Cook Islands, except Aitutaki, Niue, and Penrhyn Islands. The new series consists of the denominations |d., Id., Ijd., 2d., 2|d., 3d., 4d., 4|d., 6d., 7|d., 9d., and Is. The current 3d. stamp is now printed by the surface instead of the recess process. The colour of the l|d. "Official" stamp and of the l|d, stamp of the special series of the Government Insurance Department has been altered from slate to cadmium brown, to conform to that of the ordinary 1-Jd. stamp. The colour of the stamp imprinted on the l|d. letter-card has been similarly changed for the same reason. It is proposed to issue a special series of stamps to commemorate peace. Envelopes embossed with Postage. As a consequence of war conditions the cost of manufacture of envelopes embossed with postagestamps has increased to such an extent that it was found necessary to increase the selling-price of envelopes embossed with postage at 1 Id. from 14 for 2s. to 14 for 2s. 2d. Ocean Mail-services. During his visit to England at the beginning of 1919 the Postmaster-General arranged with the Imperial Post Office for mails for the Dominion to be despatched by ships conveying soldiers back to New Zealand, in cases in which a better despatch could be made than by the San Francisco or Vancouver route. The influenza epidemic at the end of 1918 was responsible for the disorganization of the intercolonial mail-services. The mail on the " Wairuna," sunk by a German raider early in June, 1917, when on a voyage from Auckland, to San Francisco, was lost. It consisted of fourteen bags for the United States of America, San Francisco Service. This service has been performed during the year by the " Moana " and " Paloona," and a fairly satisfactory time-table has been maintained. Vancouver Service. This service has been carried on during the year by the " Niagara " and " Makura," and a satisfactory time-table has been maintained. The influenza epidemic during the two last months of 1918 made it impossible for the vessels to keep to a fixed time-table, owing to the necessity for a period of quarantine at the termination of each trip. Inland Mail-services. Tenders were invited for inland mail-services, the contracts for which expired on the 31st December, 1918. Owing to the absence of men with the Expeditionary Force competition was not keen. This fact, together with the high prices ruling for benzine, fodder, &c, resulted in tho Department having to pay, in many instances, greatly increased subsidies. With a few unimportant exceptions contractors were found for all services in operation during 1918. The Department has now contracts expiring at the end of 1919, of 1920, and of 1921. Tenders will be invited for the performance for two years from the Ist January, 1920, of those contracts expiring at the end of 1919. Owing to heavy snowstorms during July, 1918, a large number of services in Canterbury were disorganized for a short time. The fall was very heavy in the Waiinakariri Valley, and trains were unable to reach Arthur's Pass for some days, the mails for the West Coast being consequently delayed. The mail-service between Paefihi and Pipiriki was interrupted in September owing to three miles of road being completely blocked by slips. Mails for Pipiriki were forwarded by steamer from Wanganui.

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Owing to heavy floods in the Clutha Valley at the end of January, 1919, the railway-line bet ween Balclutha and Stirling, Stirling and Kaitangata, and Stirling and Lovell's Flat was inundated, and. mails were conveyed by boat, motor, and on foot. On the Bth November the southbound Main Trunk express ran into a slip northward of Mataroa, The post-office van was smashed to pieces, and both mail agents, Messrs. J. 11, Williams amd R. Martin, were killed at their posts of duty. The great possibilities of the aeroplane as a means of rapid communication are not being lost sight of, and the matter of the establishment of mail-services by air is now under consideration. In view of the proposed establishment of aerial services it was necessary to obtain legislative authority for contraots bo be made for such services, and this was done, in the Appropriation Act of 1918 (section 47). Buildings. During the year post-office buildings were erected at Patearoa and Makotuku, and the buildings at Diivauchelle and Whetukura were destroyed by fire. The post-office at Makotuku had been conducted at the railway-station, but owing to the withdrawal of the Stationniaster other arrangements had to be made. Difficulty was experienced in finding suitable accommodation, and an offer was made by Mr. Jonathan Ilolden, a resident at Makotuku, to bear the expense of erecting a building. This liberal offer was accepted, and a building was erected by the Department's workmen on a site provided by Government. On account of the abnormal conditions the erection of buildings during the period of the war was confined to urgent cases. Action is now being taken to erect new buildings and extend existing ones as required by the business. Money-orders. The money-order business for the year shows a decrease in the number of transactions, but an increase in the total of the amount remitted. Twelve money-order offices were opened and 18 closed, leaving 803 offices open at the close of the year. The money-orders issued numbered 638,500, for a total of £3,649,371; those paid 549,785, for £3,280,653. The business with, countries outside New Zealand shows an increase in the amount sent abroad, but a decrease in the amount received, the total amount sent abroad being £529,188, and the amount received from abroad £167,072. The total commission received for the transaction of money-order business amounted to £17,487. Postal Notes. The postal-note business shows a slight decrease; 2,091,051 postal notes for £619,605 were issued, and 2,071,995 were paid. On this business the commission of £9,014 was received. Twenty-seven offices were opened and 20 closed, leaving 1,028 postal-note offices in operation at the end of the year. British Postal Orders. The number of British postal orders sold was 83,162, as compared with 93,058 for the previous year. The amount sent away by means of this very useful form of remittance was £50,351. The twenty-shilling and ten-shilling notes continue to have the greatest sales. Savings-bank. The business of the Post Office Savings-bank again shows a remarkable increase in the excess of deposits over withdrawals. It amounted to no less than £3,162,263, and, in addition to this, there was credited to depositors' accounts an amount of £1,059,472 for interest: Thus the total amount at credit of depositors was increased during the year by £4,221,735. The total balance at credit of depositors on the 31st December, 1918, was £33,418,125. These results are an indication of the unabated confidence reposed in the institution by the people of the Dominion. There were 13 new savings-bank offices opened during the year and 18 closed, leaving a total of 786 offices open. 76,869 new accounts were opened and 53,015 closed, leaving 590,205 still in operation at the end of the year. This gives a proportion of one account in every 1-96 of the population. Full particulars as to the number of deposits and withdrawals will be found in the tables. The total transactions show a material increase. The deposits reached a total of £18,101,105, and the withdrawals £14,938,841. The average deposit amounted to £14 18s. 4d., and the average withdrawal to £20 10s. 7d., while the average amount at credit of each depositor was £56 12s. sd. If the total at credit were divided equally among the whole of the people the amount at credit of each person would be £28 17s. Id. The working-expenses of the Savings-bank amounted to 3-96 d. per transaction, which, gives a cost per cent, on the total amount at credit of depositors of 040 per £100. Fixed deposits, if part of a war fund within the War Funds Act, 1915, and exceeding £50 in amount, are accepted for a period of five years at 4 per cent, per annum. The system of nomination by depositors in favour of relatives who receive moneys at their credit in case of death is steadily growing in favour. During the year 264 nominations were made. The system of transfer of accounts between the Dominion and the United Kingdom resulted in £8,522 being transferred to the United Kingdom and £2,649 to New Zealand. A similar arrangement with the Australian Savings-banks resulted in £34,293 being transferred to Australia and £27,349 to New Zealand.

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Work performed for other Departments. The scope of the Department's usefulness to the State is constantly being widened, and there are very few services under State control for which the Post Office is not in gome measure the agent dealing directly with the public. Among the many branches of work undertaken during the year those deserving of particular mention are the Customs duties collected of a total amount of £185.797, and for the same Department £19,414 for beer duty. The agencies for the State Advances, Public Trust, and Government Insurance Departments lead to a very large amount of business. The amount received, for the State Advances reached a total of £1,366,858, for the Public Trustee £1,389,158, and for the Government Insurance £262,941 ; while the amounts paid were £1,342,820 for the State Advances and £1,339,116 for the Public Trustee. Land and income taxes may be paid at any money-order office, and the total amount of these taxes received during the year was £4,415,860. For the Valuation Department fees amounting to £7,162 were collected. A very large number of claims chargeable to the appropriations made by Parliament are paid through the medium of the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury, hast year the amount so paid in cash was £7,342,587. For the Pensions Department £736,853 was paid on account of old-age pensions, £51,285 on account of military pensions, £72,712 on account of widows' pensions, £1,017,313 on account of war pensions, and £13,672 on account of miners' pensions. Contributions to the National Provident Fund collected by Postmasters amounted to £28,470. £183,305 was paid out on behalf of the Public Service Superannuation Fund, and £59,837 on behalf of the Teachers' Superannuation Fund. Among the items which do not bulk largely with regard to amount but involve numerous transactions may be mentioned the sale of fishing licenses to the value of £1,164, and game licenses £3,943; machinery- and boiler-certificate fees collected, £10,868; mining licenses, £172; and sanatorium receipts, £2,186. On behalf of the British Government £36,659 was paid to Imperial pensioners resident in New Zealand. For the registration of births, deaths, and marriages and the performance of the marriage ceremony Postmasters collected £2,852. Discount - stamps valued at £580 and numbering 556,800 were sold, but the popularity of these stamps seems to be steadily diminishing, the sales being practically confined to Wellington. The work performed in connection with the payment of allotments made by members of the New Zealand Military Forces has assumed very large proportions, the number of payments made reaching tho large total of 855,148, of an amount of £4,495,715. Some idea of the other services performed may be obtained from the balance-sheet of the Post (Mfice Account. Telegraphs. Owing to the continuance of the war only small supplies of material were obtainable for construction purposes. The result was that labour became available for the overhaul and reconstruction where necessary of existing lines. The length of the line dealt with in each Engineer's district was as follows : Auckland, 445 miles ; Wellington, 2,246 miles ; Canterbury, 186 miles; Otago, 519 miles ; Nelson, 352 miles. The telegraph revenue shows a. marked increase, which is due principally to two causes —(1) the increased telegraph rates which are in force, and (2) payments received from the Defence Department on account of the immense amount of work performed for that Department. The grand total of the telegraph revenue, including telephone exchanges and miscellaneous receipts, amounted to £988,955, equivalent to an increase! of almost 14-82 per cent. If to this be added the value of "free" Government telegrams the total amounts to £993,991. The payments made on account of these services amounted to £879,497, an increase equal to about 9-43 per cent, The expenditure for salaries is below normal on account of the large number of officers at the war who are replaced by temporary and other lower-paid officers. There is a steadily increasing number of bureau cm unications, the number having increased from 5,040,672 to 5,520,768, an increase of 480,096. The number of telegrams decreased from 5,828,198 to 5,549,107, a decrease of 279,091. The total number of offices open on the 31st March was 2,354. Of these, 330 are Morse telegraph-offices and 2,021 telephone-offices. From the 607 private wires and subsidized lines the amount of rent and maintenance received was £4,015. The various telegraph tables give full particulars with reference to telegrams handled. The. total number of all codes dealt with was 12,091,017, an increase of 466,297 over the previous year. The proportion of paid telegrams per unit of population was 10-35. While ordinary telegrams show the decrease in number already referred to, the revenue therefrom decreased by £8,339. Urgent ordinary telegrams show an increase of 243,293, the increase of revenue being £17,441. The decrease in the ordinary and the increase in the urgent telegrams are no doubt partly due to the restrictions imposed during the influenza, epidemic. The number of Press telegrams increased from 270,352 to 305,226, and the revenue derived therefrom rose from £24,092 to £27,433. The bureau business, in addition to showing an increase in number, gave a greater revenue by £18,987. At the same time the average value of each bureau message increased from 7-16 d. to 7-37 d.

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The Government messages for which no payment was received totalled during the year 101,135. Their value at ordinary rates amounted to £5,036. The number of paid telegrams forwarded amounted to 9-7 messages for every 100 letters posted in New Zealand. Ten offices were converted from Morse to telephone working, and one office from telephone to Morse. The total number of telegraph - instrument sets of all classes in use in the Dominion is 830, involving the use of 43,500 cells for battery power. The length of telegraph and telephone line and wire on the 31st March, 1918 and 1919 respec tively, was as follows :—

Phantom telephone circuits were increased by 129 miles, and superimposed Morse circuits by 885 miles. The total length of phantom telephone circuit now is 2,007 miles, and of superimposed Morse 8,563 miles. Direct telegraph working between distant centres was extended further by the installation of repeaters at Greyinouth, enabling Westport to work direct with Christchurch. During the winter tin; Otago Central lines were interrupted by heavy snowstorms. The snow lay for some time, and repairs were carried out only with great difficulty. In North Canterbury the line was destroyed completely for a distance of about twenty miles by an unprecedented snowstorm. Altogether a length of eighty miles was affected. New Zealand Submarine-cable Service. The length of submarine cable in use in the Dominion is 416 knots. During the year two faults occurred in the Cook Strait cables, and were repaired. The Centre Island and East Cape cables are out of order. Ocean Cable Services. The cable business during the year shows a decrease in the outward traffic, and also discloses the fact that the Pacific route, which in the previous year took 63 per cent, of the ordinary outward business, received 59 per cent., while the Eastern Company's proportion of the business increased from 37 per cent, to 41 per cent. The following table shows the total number of ordinary telegrams forwarded by each route during each of tho past five years, and the percentages of the total of such business falling to each:— Pacific. Kastbbk. Yea, Messages. *™«g|l» Yea, Messages. 1914-15 .. .. 106,018 74 1914-15 .. .. 37,446 26 1915-16 .. .. 114,151 67 1915-16 .. .. 56,684 33 1916-17 .. .. 114,718 71 1916-17 .. .. 47,790 29 1917-18 .. .. 114,046 63 1917-18 .. .. 66,318 37 1918-19 .. .. 103,347 59 1918-19 .. .. 70,591 41 The number of international cable messages forwarded during the year shows a decrease of 11-8 per cent, on the number sent during 1917-18, and the number forwarded to Australia shows an increase of 6-59 per cent. Messages received from international£stations decreased by 7-78 per cent., and messages received from Australia increased by 6-32 per cent. 482 Press telegrams were sent via Pacific and 1,278 via Eastern, compared with 230 and 1,316 respectively during the previous year. The number of cable messages sent as " deferred " during the year shows a decrease of 31-27 per cent, compared with the previous year's figures, the decrease being due partly to the non-acceptance by the Pacific Cable Board and partly to various suspensions by the Eastern Extension Company of this class of message. The number of Expeditionary Force messages (messages for soldiers at a. cheap rate) forwarded from New Zealand shows a decrease of 75-2 per cent. The number of messages for the years 1918-19 and 1917-18 was 5,907 and 23,818 respectively. The suspension of the " EFM " service by both routes for various periods, totalling in all. approximately six months, and the heavy delays in transmission, would account for this large decrease. During the year 1918-19 the number of free remittance messages for soldiers officially reported sick or wounded was 1,156, representing 23,042 words, and the payment by the Department to the Atlantic cable companies for the Atlantic transit amounted to £240 os. sd.

Mil Year ended 31st March, 1918. Telegraph and inter-urban telephone 13,687 Telephone-exchange plant ... 4,403 Totals ... ... ... 18,090 Mil is of Pole Li: Miles of Wire. ie. Year ended 31st March, 1919. 13,813 I 4,789 Year ended Year ended Increase. 31st March, 31st March, 1918. 1919. 126 50,291 50,742 I 386 154,799 j 165,962 512 205,090 j 216,704 Increase. 451 11,163 18,602 11,614

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Wireless Telegraphy. The New Zealand wireless-telegraph stations, including Chatham Islands and Rarotonga, have continued in operation at a high state of efficiency. The Apia (Samoa) station has been staffed by members of the wireless troop recruited from the Department, and special wireless duties in the Expeditionary Forces are still being performed by officers of the Department. Until the signing of the armistice with Germany commercial wireless business between ship and shore was restricted to a minimum. New Zealand coast stations were engaged on Naval work, and in that- capacity rendered valuable service to the Empire. Restrictions are being gradually removed. and the wireless service is now being largely availed of for commercial and domestic work. The stations are now being organized to meet the increase in wireless traffic that: is expected to follow the removal of all restrictions. The control by the Navy over wireless-telegraph stations and apparatus on both land and sea, referred loin the last'annual report, is still in operation. Telki'uonk Exciia.wks. Eight exchanges were opened and one closed. There are now 62 central and 225 sub-exchanges, a. total of 287. Eight exchanges were converted from single-line earth-working to metallic circuit, and 8 were in process of conversion at the close of the year. There are 43 exchanges still to be similarly converted. The popularity of the party-line system has been maintained. 'The number of party-line connections at the end of the year was 4,370, with a total of 14,940 subscribers, increases of 621 and 2,151 respectively. The total number of telephone-stations (meaning exchange connections of all kinds) in use, in the Dominion on the 31st March, 1919, was 72,561. This includes 11,263 extensions ami 3,72(1 bureau and service connections. The number of telephone-stations at the ten principal exchanges on the 31st March, 1919, was as follows : Auckland, 8,529 ; Christchurch, 6,588 ; Dunedin, 5,329 ; Gisborne, 1,905 ; Hastings, 1,629; Invercargill, 1,651 ; Napier, 1,722 ; Palmerston North, 1,429 ; Wanganui, 1,886; Wellington. 8,570. The following table shows the distribution of telephones in the Dominion and the four chief centres; — a ~. n, i i Inhabitants Population. Telephones. per Tele j )hone . Dominion .. .. .. .. 1,187,203 72,561 16 Auckland .. .. .. .. 138,493 8,529 16 Wellington .. .. .. .. 98,640 8,570 17 Christchurch .. .. *.. .. 95.639 6,588 15 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 70,079 5,329 14 The telephone-exchange system includes 1,789 miles of pole line and 165,962 miles of wire. The total revenue received was £373,109, an. increase of £28,801 on the previous year's figures. The lending of telephones for private-wire connections has had to.be discontinued, the supply of instruments not being sufficient to meet the Department's own requirements. Automatic-tklkpiionh-f.xchanoe Installations. Owing to the war, with the inevitable restrictions imposed upon the manufacture and shipment of automatic-telephone apparatus, expectations with regard to the opening of automatic exchanges in New Zealand were rfrjt realized. Materials are now being received more freely, and every effort is being made to supply certain, essential parts, due to the absence of which a. number of exchanges, otherwise complete, could not be put into operation. The year 1919 should show a, considerable improvement in these matters, and there is every reason to believe that it will be possible to open, before the close of that year, automatic exchanges at Masterton, Courtenay Place, Wellington South, Hamilton, Blenheim, and Oamaru. The installation of automatic exchanges at -other places will be proceeded with as rapidly as the supply of material permits. Slot Telephones. During the year fourteen new slot telephones were installed, bringing the total number in use up to 275. Several other new installations were authorized, but on account of shortage of material the manufacture of the machines has been delayed. The extension of the slot-telephone system will, probably be restricted for some time, owing to difficulty in obtaining the necessary equipment. Installations in business centres continue to return revenue sufficient to cover working-expenses. Those in residential areas arc not so remunerative. The revenue for the year amounted to £13,702, being an increase of £2,138 over the previous year. The system, may therefore be regarded as a success financially, as well as a convenient method of affording telephonic facilities to the general public. The annoyance to genuine users of slot telephones and the inconvenience to the Department caused by mischievous persons show no signs of abatement. Disregard of the directions for using the machines also causes a great deal of trouble.

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DESIGNATION OF OFFICES CHANGED OR CORRECTED.

INLAND MAIL-SERVICES ESTABLISHED.

Postal District. i Changed from Changed to Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Invereargill Napier New Plymouth Thames Muripara Te Punga .. Haupapa Whatarama .. Wild Bush .. Whakakai .. Pukearuhe . . Waipingao . . Puhikoko .. Murupara. Te Pangu. Craigioburn. Avoca. Waipango. Koraki. Pukearuhe South. Pukearuhe. Nukuhou North.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. | Auckland .. Naumai Post-office - Wharf Tangiteroria Post-office-Steamer Te Kawa Post-office-Railway-station Whitianga Landing service Drury Post office Railway-station Rotorua Ohineniiitu Ohaupo-Ngaroto Pukemiro Post-office - Railway-station Tangitu Post-office - Coach ; Aria-Waitewhena Road Maihiihi-Paewhenua Rotokauri-Hamilton Huarau Railway-station - Wharera Post-office Matakohe-Paparoa Owhango - Kawautah i Road Portland-Mangapai Christchurch .. Ashhurton-Lagmhor I Christchurch -Little River Green Park-Tai Tapu .. Christchurch - Kennedy's Bush .. . . Napier .. Tikokino - Mathieson's Plome btead on Mathieson's Road : Nelson .. Belgrove-Hiwipango New Plymouth Waitui-Inglewood .. .. .. Okoke-Urenui As required* ■>} )? Twice daily. 1 ? Daily. Thrice weekly. Twice weekly. ?? Weekly. )) )) Daily. )) Weekly. Thrice weekly. Daily. Thrice weekly in summer twice weekly in winter. Weekly. As required. Rerekapa-Okau Oamani .. Oamaru Chief Post-office; delivery of postmen's parcels and overflow bags Thames .. Mount Maunganui Railway-station-Steamers Hiwirau-Kutarere .. .. .. ' Otakiri-Te Teko Wanganui .. Raetihi Post-office -Railway-station Taih ape-Ngawaka Wellington .. S.S. " Janie Seddon " ; Despatch and receipt of letters and telegrams Palmerston North - Tiritea Valley Road .. Westport .. I Ngakawau-Stockton Mine coal-bins .. .. j? Thrice weekly. As required. Five times weekly. As required. Daily.

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SUBSIDIZED SEA MAIL-SERVICES. The several subsidized sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year ended 31st December, 1918, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below :—

Service. Auckland and Great Barrier Auckland, Whangaroa, and Mangonui Dargaville and Ruawai Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helensville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville .. j Horeke, Kohukohu, Raweno, Koutu, Rangi Point, Opononi, and Omapere Offices in Whangarei Harbour Rawene and Horeke Russell and Opua New Zealand - San Francisco New Zealand - Vancouver Wellington, Wakatahuri, Homewood (and other offices), and Havclock Picton, offices in Sounds, and Havelock Picton, Grove Wharf, Te Awaite, and Resolution Bay Picton and Portage Portage and Kenepuru Head Port Nelson and Waikawa Bay .. I Ngakuta, Hakahaka, Kakapo Bay, Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim Portage and Crail Bay Port Nelson and Croisilles Waitai and French Pass Wellington or Lyttelton and Chatham Islands (including Pitt Island) Bluff and Half-moon Bay (tug) .. Bluff and Half-moon Bay (schooner) Duration of Service. A , Number of , Mileage Sutaidyor Voy^ es nJSU, Payment. when iWhen terminated A^m W g e^ e established. I tel . mmftble . £ s. ■d. 250 0 0 Oct., 1891 Dec, 1921 52 124 126 0 0 Nov., 1907 Dec, 1921 52 368 140 0 0 Jan., 1916 Dec, 1919 812 40 198 0 0 Nov., 1893 Dec, 1920 260 02 150 II 0 Jan., 1881 I Dec, 1919 104 116 1,000 0 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1920 312 128 200 0 0 Jan., 1889 ' Dec, 1921 156 52 150 0 0 Sept., 1912 I Dec, 1921 156 22 32 0 0 Jan., 1916 Dec, 1921 52 9 110 0 0 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1.921 812 8 25,000 0 0 Oct., 1910 June, 1921 13 12,180 20.000 0 0 Aug., 1911 , Nov., 1919 13 12,660 460 0 0 Dec, 1891 Dec, 1921 20 300 410 0 0 Jan., 1907 Dec, 1921 20 330 208 0 0 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1921 156 88 72 0 0 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1.920 312 14 90 0 0 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1919 104 46 25 0 0 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1921 26 02 77 10 0 April, 1911 j Dec, 1921 52 86 200 0 0 Jan., 1910 Dec, 1919 52 106 120 0 0 Jan., 1904 Dec, 1921 52 01 86 0 0 June, 1914 Dec, 1919 ' 52 24 500 0 0 .. Sept., 1918 6 1,050 300 0 0 July, 1886 Dec, 1919 I 52 44 ) 26 0 0 Mar., 1916 Dec, 1921 I 52 44 i Cost per Mile. s. d. 0 9-31 0 1-58 0 2-70 0 2-95 0 2-98 0 601 0 5-92 0 8-18 1 4-43 0 10-58 3 1-89 2 5-10 1 2-15 0 11-47 0 3-64 0 3-96 0 4-51 0 3-72 0 4-16 0 8-71 0 9-08 0 6-92 1 7-05 2 7-47 0 2-73 ; i

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GABLE BUSINESS. Hereunder are shown tho number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during the financial year 1918-19, in comparison with tho figures for 1917-18 :—

The Dominion's outward International and Australian cable business, excluding Press, for the same two years was as follows : — International. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1918-19 ... ... 87,828 ... ... ... 159,265 1917-18 ... ... 99,585 ... ... ... 140,213 Decrease 11,757 = 11-80 per cent. Increase 19,052 = 1358 per cent. Australian. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1918-19 ... ... ... 86,110 ... ... 23,1.89 1917-18 ... ... ... 80,779 ... ... 21,601 Increase 5,331 = 6-59 per cent. 1,588 = 735 per cent There was a total decrease of 6,426 messages, and an increase in value of £24,640.

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Via Pacific. Ordinary. Destination. ! Number of Tr , Messages. Valuc - iary. Pre! is. Value. : Number of Messages. Value. £ International... ... ... ... ... 45,798 82,533 Australian ... ... ... ... ... 57,549 15,095 £ 82,533 15,095 275 207 £ 627 111 Totals for 1918-19 ... ... ... 103,347 97,628 482 738 Totals for 1917-18 ... ... ... 114,046 92,146 230 355 Via Eastern. i Ordinary. Destination. Number of , 7 , ,, Value. Messages. Prei IS. Number of Messages, Value. £ International... ... ... ... ... 42,030 76,732 Australian ... ... ... ... ... 28,561 8,094 9 1,269 £ 17 549 Totals for 1918-19 ... ... ... 70,591 81,826 70,591 84,826 1,278 566 Totals for 1917-18 ... ... ... 66,318 69,668 i 66,818 69,668 1,316 648 |

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EECEIVED CABLES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1918-19 and 1917-18, exclusive of Press, was as follows: — Via Pacific. International. Australian. 1918-19 ... ... ... ... ... 39,959 46,264 1917-18 ... ... ... ... ... 41,873 43,812 Decrease... ... ... ... 1,914 Increase 2,452 Via Eastern. International. Australian. 1918-19 ... ... ... ... • ... 76,349 35,607 1917-18 ... ... ... ... ... 84,257 33,189 Decrease... ... ... ... 7,908 Increase 2,418

PEESS. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past five years was, —

BADIO-TELEGBAMS. The radio business transacted by the New Zealand Coast Stations during the years 1918-19 and 1917-18 was as follows :—

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of Number of Messages. Words. I j I Value. j.> urn l Messages. UBL Ul Words. L914-15 .915-16 .916-17 .917-18 .918-19 ... j 2,732 ... 2,505 ... 1,915 1,546 ... 1,760 ._ L 212,120 201,665 161,923 129,162 ! 138,852 l_ £ 1,390 8,056 796,352 1,384 9,739 967,485 1,276 8,112 851,087 1,003 6,763 679,710 1,304 9,904 918,988

Foi "warded. Received. 1918-19 1917-18 Year. Number of Messages. Words, j 4,482 93,507 2,851 60,393 Amount earned by Total Vali New Zealand. Num ier of Amount earned by Words. New Zealand. Messages. £ £ 2,035 5,245 1,347 3,082 1 6,570 4,338 £ 285,889 2,545 73,050| 1,781 Increase ... 1,631 33,114 688 2,163 2,232 162,839 764 The number of radio messages shows and received traffic respectively. The 51 -07 per cent, on the forwarded traffic, a: an increase of 57-20 and iinoun t earned by Nev ,d an increase of 42-89 p I 51-45 per cent, on the forwarded v Zealand shows an increase of ier cent, on the received traffic.

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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money-orders issued and of Money- orders payable in New Zealand since the Year 1863.

Issued in the Dominion. Commission ! received. In the Dominion. No. Amoun nt. :. Where payable. United Kingdom.' A B Xh U |o^ d 8B l°nr County No. Amount, j No, Amount. No. Amount, No. Total. Amount. Year. No. No. Amount. £ 1,057 £ 1,057 2,201 I I 2,201 9,6 £ 9,614 r 5l, 14 I £ £ . £ 4,740 21,944 1 4,645 24,145 4,740 £ 24,145 . £ 11,586 £ 5 55,7c £ 55,703 1863 11,586 1873 3,562 ; 9,023 1; 3.562 34,288 34,288 142,6 32,232 402,5 142,642 54 55' 12 59 11,91.3 11,913 48,548 , 6,150 28,068 26,211 91,634 1 14,113 46,940 .. .. I 28, 068 52,351 52,351 172,556 1 219,2; 5 54i,ii 219,258 1883 0,023 132,232 402,559 26,211 46,940 172,556 541.133 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 10,249 I<| io,601 i; ii,434 -< 12,671 18 [3,836 K 14,747 2C 15,533 2. 16,51.3 2; 17,519 2; 14,916 2; 15.882 %■ 16,385 28 17,073 28 18,279 3c 18,847 3' 12,556 3; 13,783 3* 14,300 4] 15.307 ¥ 16,399 4? 16,872 5) 16,336 5; 15.819 51 16,966 5: 16,077 5< 17,487 5< 10,249 io,6oi [1,434 12,671 13,836 14,747 15,533 16,513 17,519 14,916 15,882 16,385 I7. 0 73 18,279 18,847 12,556 13,783 14,300 15,307 16,399 16,872 16,336 I5,8i9 16,966 16,077 17,487 146,133 155,534 162,600 181,505 I 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 273,535 281,655 287,394 301,650 305,424 338,752 383,283 413,314 444,169 493,345 j 516,536 536,674 5",487 520,476 508,209 508,813 46,133 576,3 55.534 6oS,o 62,600 635,0 81,505 I 717,2 93,867 762,5 106,265 798,7 21,354 864,5 39,565 951,8 55.344 1,002,0 .58,110 1,014,7 73.535 1,108,0 .81,655 1,148,2 87,394 1,189,3 101,650 1,312,2 105,424 1,389,8 [38,752 1,611,9 183,283 1,841,0 ■ 13,314 1,981,8 .44,169 2,262,3 ■93,345 \ 2,702,4 116,536 2,821,6 136,674 2,933,9 111,487 2,986,0 120,476 3,[o8,i 108,209 2,977,9 108,813 3,120,1 576,359 608,042 635,063 717,218 762,593 798,726 864,513 951,860 [,002,057 1,014,724 1,108,067 1,148,226 1,189,386 1,312,271 1,389,800 1,611,968 1,841,030 1,981,877 2,262,366 2,702,469 2,821,624 2,933,911 2,986,021 3,108,197 2,977,997 3,120,183 35' 36 21 59 72 51 36 35 36 22' 38' 27 3o 36 33 37 36 46 52 332 19 39 18 59 42 53 18 33 26 13 5o 57 2 4 57 26 36 730 58 30 77 56 59 24 [i 21 37 37 33 29,616 28,513 28,882 29,238 31,770 35,377 38,528 40,925 45,701 53,9io 63,309 60,490 57,414 60,120 58,565 67,384 74,893 79,651 88,364 98,452 [00,634 87,774 81,483 60,876 54,852 48,133 29,616 86,545 35,208 88,025 •• •• 2 28,513 79,349 38,631 89,393 .. .. 2 28,882 78,465 52,015 99,077 .. .. 2 29,238 82,499 58,823 102,443 ■• •• 2 31,770 93,649 68,002 114,589 .. .. 2 35,377 107,140 76,728 123,375 .. .. 3 38,528 122,064 84,782 132,231 .. .. 3 40,925 122,935 89,344 140,058 •■ •• 3 45,701 125,549 1104,922 158,902 .. .. 4 53,910 138,755 55,187 123,580 .. •• 3 63,309 157,790 59.468 150,368 .. .. 3 60,490 165,245 65,638 163,416 .. .. 4 57.4*4 177,610 72,633 174,716 .. ... 4 60,120 186,903 77,250 187,058 .. .. 4 58,565 193,356 77,498 190,434 ■• •• 4 67,384 226,409 81,948 212,308 .. .. 4 74,893 256,804 80,564 209,759 .. .. 5 79,651 273,449 76,692 202,197 ■■ ■• 5 88,364 289,857 75,231 207,170 .. .. 6 98,452 322,037 74,628 206,843 .. .. 6 100,634 J 336,992 i 73,575 199,158 •• •• 6 87,774 I 299,155 ; 67,070 194,439 .. .. 6 81,483 263,371 I 71,890 222,426 .. .. 6 60,876 ! 214,254 j 70,817 221,700 17,186 62,936! 6 54,852 j 216,835 1 63,662 212,144 15,960. 69,669! 6 48,133 i 198,452 '61,899 217,512 19,655' 113,224! 6 I 88,025 89,393 99,077 102,443 "4,589 -23,375 132,231 140,058 158,902 123,580 150,368 163,416 174,716 187,058 190,434 212,308 209,759 202,197 207,170 206,843 199,158 194,439 222,426 221,700 212,144 217,512 210,957 222,678 243,497 269,566 293.659 318,370 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 396,3 12 407.783 417,441 439,020 441,487 488,084 538,740 569,657 607,764 666,425 690,745 691,518 664,860 669,355 642,683 638,500 210,957 222,678 -43,497 -69,566 293,659 318,370 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 396,312 407,783 t I 7,44 I 439,020 441,487 488,084 538,740 569,657 307,764 366,425 590,745 391,518 364,860 569,355 342,683 338,500 7 750,95 8 776,7c 7 812,6c 5 902,i£ 3 970,8; 3 1,029,24 4 1,118,8c 4 1,214,8; 7 1,286,5c 7 1,277,0; 2 1,416,25 3 1,476,88 1 1,541.71 3 1,686,2; 7 1,773.5? 4 2,050,68 3 2,307,5c 7 2,457,5: 4 2,759,3c 5 3.231,3: 5 3,357,7/ 8 ! 3,427,5<: 0 j 3,47i,8i 5 j 3,607,08 3 3,476,6. 0 I 3,649,3; 750,929 776,783 812,605 902,160 970,831 1,029,241 1,118,808 1,214,853 1,286,508 1,277,059 1,416,225 1,476,887 1,541,712 1,686,231 1,773,591 2,050,684 2,307.593 2,457.523 2,759.393 3.231,350 3,357.774 3.427.505 3,471,818 3,607,087 3,476,645 3,649,37! 17,186 15,960. 19,655 62,936169,669! 113,224! I ' I 1 . Drawn on the Dominion. Where issued. Year. ' n tr!e Dominion. 1 No. Amount. Year. ,..,,,. , - Australiaand other British „ , „ /-„.,.,.„;.,„ United Kmgdom.* Possessions. Forc, S n Countries. No. 1 Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. L_ No. Tota 1). Amount. £ 1863 2,067 1 9,169 £ £ £ 415 1,824 558 3.078 £ 3.078 £ 3,040 £ 14,0 £ 14,071 55« 3.040 1873 34,288 ', 142,642 1,482 6,626 1,668 7,689 1,668 7,689 37,438 37-438 156,9 -56,957 1883 132,232 ! 402,559 3,725 ! 15,553 5,697 23,300 .. .. 1 5,697 23.30° 141,654 141,654 44 r .4 441,411 1893 146,133 576,359 1894 155.534 j 608,042 1895 162,600 j 635,063 1896 181,505 I 717,218 1897 193.867 762,593 1898 206,265 798,726 1899 1 221,354 j 864,513 1900 239,565 951,860 1901 255,344 1,002,057 1902 258,110 1,014,724 1903 273,535 1,108,067 1904 281,655 [,148,226 1905 287,394 1,189,386 1906 301,650 1,312,271 1907 j 305,424 1,389,800 1908 338,752 j 1,611,968 1909 383,283 1,841,030 1910 413,314 I 1,981,877 1911 444,169 j 2,262,366 1912 493,345 j 2,702,469 1913 516,536 ; 2,821,624 1914 536,674 ' 2,933,9" 1915 511,487 j 2,986,021 1916 520,476 j 3,108,197 1917 508,209 | 2,977,997 1918 508,813 1 3,120,183 8,746 ' 32,617 ' 10,679 j 40,929 .. .. 1 9,293 i 33,787 10,690 : 38,571 •■ ■■ > 9,938 35.155 ".520 39.863 .. .. 1 10,254 j 35,553 ",507 40,836 .. .. 2 10,085 ! 35,239 ",407 40,105 .. ■■ \ ' 10,671 36,106 12,753 44,559 •• ■■ ! - 10,624 37,290 13,399 ; 48,534 •• •• - 10,342 36,014 15,271 1 59,304 .. .. j ; 11,082 40,022 16,688 ' 63,800 .. .. 5 11,732 41,371 16,527 62,[60 .. .. i 13,035 49,l8l [7,777 > 68,340 .. .. : ",567 45,793 19,277 i 71,824 ■• •■ ■ 10,338 : 47,649 [9,669 ■ 72,438 •• ■• ; 10.314 j 50,560 20,462 75,092 ■• .. ■ 10.315 55,032 21,697 77, IlS •• •• ■ 10,970 58,500 21,886 80,500 .. .. j 3 11,783 61,290 23,592 82,410 .. ..4 11,954 I 63,196 24,172 82,501 .. .. 4 11,866 I 65,074 27.561 97.532 •• •• ■ 13,195 I 72,743 30,266 100,831 .. .. ; 12,693 70,084 31,450 110,487 .. .. ■ [1,439 ; 60,324 30,974 110,032 .. .. ■ 12,409 58,189 30,356 107,510 .. < 8,337 I 39,908 35,8oo 128,370 2,445 10,587! ; 6,872 34,973 36,978 123,390 2,311 10,348! ; 6,802 40,365 33,868 114,652 2,281 12,055! ! 10,679 10,690 11,520 n.507 ",407 12,753 13,399 15,271 16,688 16,527 17,777 19,277 19,669 20,462 21,697 21,886 23,592 24,172 27,561 30,266 3 I ,45o 30,974 30,356 35, 800 36,978 33,868 40.929 38,571 39,863 40,836 40,105 44,559 48,53+ 59,304 63,800 62,160 68,340 71,824 72,438 75,092 77,1-8 80,500 82,410 82,501 97,532 100,831 110,487 110,032 107,510 128,370 123,390 114,652 165,558 175,517 184,058 203,266 215,359 229,689 245,377 265,178 283,114 286,369 304,347 312,499 317,401 332,426 337,436 371,608 418,658 449,440 483,596 536,806 560,679 579,087 554,252 567,058 554,370 551,764 165,558 175,517 184,058 203,266 215.359 229,689 245.377 265,178 283,114 286,369 304,347 312,499 317,401 332,426 337.436 371,608 418,658 449,440 483,596 536,806 560,679 579,087 554,252 567,058 554,370 551,764 : 1 1 1 , 1 1 : 1 I 1 649,9' 680,41 710,0, 793.6 837.9 879.3' 950,3 1.047,1 1,105,8 1,118,2 ->225>5' -,."55,8, 1.309.4 1,437,9 i>5 21 .9. 1,750,91 1,984,7. 2.127,5: 2,424.9' 2,876,0, 3,002,11 3,104,21 3,-5-,7: 3,287,11 3.146,7' 3,287,2. 649,905 680,400 710,081 793,608 837,936 879,391 950,337 1,047,179 [,105,879 1,118,254 1,225,589 1,265,844 1,309.473 1,437,922 1,521,951 1,750,968 1,984,730 2.127,575 2,424,973 2,876,044 3,002,194 3,104,268 3.-5 T .720 3,287,162 3,146,708 3,287,255 2,445 2,311 2,281 10,348! i2,055f * Includes foreign offices to year 1915. f In pr< ivious years included i United Kingd im and foreij ;n offices.

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Table No. 2. Table showing the Money-orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Dominion, and Money-orders issued at Offices beyond the Dominion on New Zealand, during the Years 1917 and 1918.

Issued in New Z< aland. 1917. i 19: IK. Where payable. 1 Number. Amount. Number. Amount. £ United Kingdom and Foreign Offioes through United 55,874 221,971 Kingdom United States of America .. .. .. 14,585 63,551 Austria Canada .. .. .. .. .. 1,448 7,111 Ceylon .. .. .. . . . . 292 1,865 Fiji ■'.. .. .. .. .. .. 455 2,641 Prance .. .. .. .. . . 271 723 Germany Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. 452 1,911 India .. .. .. .. .. 1,754 18,686 New South Wales .. .. .. .. 21),778 CO,365 Norway .. .. .. .. .. 82 25') Queensland .. .. .. .. .. 2,146 7,598 South Australia .. .. .. .. 1,538 5,426 Straits Settlements . . .. .. . . 30 112 Tasmania .. .. .. .. .. 3,528 11,358 Tonga .. .. .. .. .. 114 688 Union of South Africa .. .. .. .. 503 2,288 Victoria .. .. .. .. .. 19,440 56,715 Western Australia .. .. .. .. 2,184 5,380 Totals .. .. .. .. 134,474 498,648 49,018 £ 203,616 18,415 106,687 1,371 248 451 292 7,397 1,532 2,337 1,113 351 I., 900 29,064 63 2,119 1,559 34 3,527 82 485 18,606 2,102 1,619 19,199 99,009 260 7,842 5,873 148 10,984 579 2,182 53,989 4,822 129,687 529,188 Drawn on New Zealand. 1917. 1918. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. £ United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United 6,991 35,650 Kingdom United States of America .. .. .. 2,1.58 9,520 Austria Canada .. .. .. .. .. 738 2,653 Ceylon .. . . . . .. .. 52 175 Fiji .. .. .. .. .. .. 956 5,946 France .. .. .. .. .. 23 110 Germany Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. 36 02 India.. .. .. .. 214 897 New South Wales .. .. .. .. 17,567 54,139 Norway .. . . .. .. .. II 40 Queensland .. .. .. .. .. 2,898 8,711 South Australia .. .. .. .. 1,437 4,714 Straits Settlements . . .. . , .. 20 72 Tasmania .. .. .. .. .. 2,003 8,160 Tonga .. .. .. .. .. 378 3.1 18 Union of South Africa .. .. .. .. 344 1,996 Victoria .. .. .. .. .. ,S,7.'!<> 26,852 Western Australia ... .. I , 599 5,896 6,991 £ 35,650 6,947 £ 41,341 2,158 9,520 2,091 10,865 738 52 956 23 2,653 175 5,946 110 786 34 878 33 3,445 108 5,019 12!) 36 214 17,567 1 I 2,898 I, 137 20 2,003 378 344 8,736 1 ,599 62 897 54,139 40 S,71 I 4,714 72 8,160 3,118 1,986 26,852 5,895 41 224 16,159 12 2,917 1,343 10 1,697 322 312 7,875 1,264 85 1,202 48,911 85 9,508 5,057 106 6,886 2.450 1,685 25,818 4,372 Totals .. .. .. .. 46,161 168,710 46,161 168,710 42,951 107,072

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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Value of Postal Notes sold from 1st January, 1886— the Date upon which they were first issued— to 31st March, 1919.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 8a. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. I At 17s. 6d. ! At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 ! 3,019 2.046 .. 1,012 .. 2,039 969 2,379 1886-87.. .. ..I 16,605 12,283 .. 6,647 .. 11,566 5,729 13,103 1887-88.. .. ... | 22,467 17,167 .. 9,162 .. 15,553 7,671 17,487 1888-89.. .. .. j 27,428 21,900 ■ .. 11,912 .. 19,741 9.477 21,149 1889-90.. .. .. I 32,754 25,387 ! .. 14,478 .. ! 23,550 10.894 24,011 1890-91.. .. .. 35,915 28,559 \ .. 16,092 .. j 25,204 12,229 25,906 1891-92.. .. .. 42,416 33.722 L •■ 19,383 .. I 29,550 14,019 30,132 1892-93.. .. .. j 48,612 38,849 i .. 22,038 .. I 33.012 16,072 32,747 ; 1893-94.. .. .. I 56,761 44,706 ] .. 25,461 . .. 37,771 18,096 37,687 1894-95.. .. .. 62,306 49,846 I .. 28,975 .. 43,829 ! 20.423 43,167 1895-96.. .. .. 68,454 56,185 I .. 32,801 .. 49,204 '' 22,802 47,787 1896-97.. .. .. ! 74,534 62,056 ; .. 35,322 .. 54,219 24,871 51,963 1897-98.. .. ..I 81,958 69,981 .. 38,617 \ .. 60,843 26,96S ' 55,748 1898-99.. .. ..I 86,529 i 72,710 i .. 41,991 .. 64,386 28,448 59,631 1899-1900 .. .. 93.762 I 77,431 .. 44.384 | .. 70.416 30,680 63,787 1900-1901 .. .. 85,478 j 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 24,497 71,001 - 1901-1902 .. ..49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 ! 65,467 I 109,663 i .. 92,708 1902-1903 .. .. 54,268 ! 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 I 119,593 I .. 102,641 1903-1904 .. .. 61,379 ! 37,514 85,909 86.626 i 89,276 ! 134,270 .. 114,755 1904-1905 .. .. 65.484 i 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 154,281 .. 130,430 1905-1906 .. .. 74,389 I 45,358 98,503 108,493 j 114,411 ! 167,430 .. 143,216 1906-1907 .. .. 82.417 : 54,375 106.311 120,321 | 128,384 187,083 .. 159,045 1907-1908 .. .. 89,906 ! 58,202 124,052 136,392 \ 143,854 i 205,500 .. 171,951 1908-1909 .. .. 97,285 | 59,484 153,925 162,588 j 146,148 | 227,471 .. 188,677 1909-1910 .. .. 113. S25 67,406 181,791 195,168 ! 166,486 ' 261,045 .. I 214,453 1910-1911 .. ..130,645 79.792 211,298 244,941 201,569 301,707 ; .. ! 242,854 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 85,130 236,665 263,829 ; 215,984 I 337,338 I .. 1 261,600 1912-1913 .. .. ' 154,201 92.342 264,844 279,311 220,109 367,942 i .. ! 283,206 1913-1914 .. .. 172.400 103.753 298.669 324,417 256,231 418,712 .. i 312,870 1914-1915 .. .. 182,733 107,483 307,934 346,011 ' 263,522 444,427 .. 325,071 1915-1916 186,873 114,570 319,115 364,086 267,383 461,137 .. 334,277 1916-1917 .. .. j 184.873 112,639 322,946 343,031 260,956 | 440,215 .. : 301,825 1917-1918 .. .. 187,005 115,867 316,266 337,418 258,4211401,696 .. 1252,396 1918-1919 .. ..1181,824 114.553 - 299,791 326,398 ; 253,728 ; 381,202 .. \ 238,337 ! 695 : 992 4.090 5.187 5,278 ; 6.940 6,618 8,243 7,809 9.386 7,969 10.172 9.058 11,611 9,904 12,330 11,016 13,800 11,864 15,567 13,601 17.191 14,365 18.102 15,463 19,177 16,202 I 19,990 16,957 i 21.393 13,304 i 23,875 I 32,128 i 34,508 ' 38,030 42,317 46,228 : 51,559 57,637 62,916 70,967 82,253 ! 88.693 95.535 106.560 107,506 111,095 108,978 103,348 102,457 425 2,375 2,952 3,633 4,158 4.366 4,953 5,369 6,156 6,790 7,020 7,406 7,904 8,193 8,539 6,799 2,866 14.961 17.578 19,778 22.596 23,503 25,839 ; 28,969 | 33,935 I 36,601 33,390 32,868 : 32,179 32,696 33,491 35,067 43,042 48,852 58,629 . 69,206 76,508 91.193 104,714 123,786 143,611 171,900 190.823 213,153 245,230 229,640 211.543 211,00:) 194,180 192,751 £ 16.442 6,910 92,546 37,659 122,255 47,729 149,879 56,842 175,023 : 65,484 189,915 69,722 220,683 79,326 247,902 87,857 285,389 101,002 319,368 112.308 1,192 349,627 123.368 1,090 376,796 129,012 728 409,866 134,378 673 431,449 i 139,957 607 461,447 i 147,686 560 i 490,506 \ 154,436 556 556,316 ' 173,317 558 616,264 i 191,905 656 707,044 220,070 688 785,347 250,123 788 875,324 276,279 954 981,642 314,053 423 i 1.092,631 347,300 i 1,222,280 389,143 1,414,752 ; 447,619 1,666,959 i 524,943 1,821,566 574,980 1,970,643 i 636,473 2,238,842 | 721,743 2,314,327 I 725,118 .. i 2,370,079 ! 723,314 2,286,463 : 695,819 2,166,597 ! 633,246 2,091.051 619,605 * Issued only from 17th June, 1895, to 31st October, 1907.

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Table No. 4. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the Money-order and Savings-bank Offices of New Zealand during the Year 1918.

Table No. 5. Statement showing the Number of British Postal Orders of each Denomination sold and paid in the Dominion of New Zealand during the Financial Years 1917-18 and 1918-19.

i i Money-orders. Savings-i >anks. Postal District. Issued. P 'aid. Number ! Deposits. of New Accounts Amount. opened, j Number. Amount. Number ot Accounts closed. Witlu Ira wals. Number. °° 8 ™ mi8 ' Amount. Number. Number. Amount. Auckland Blenheim christchurch Dunodin .. jisborne .. Sreymouth Hokitika Invereargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Damaru rhames Cimaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ 161,230 4,212 838,505 168,207 8,220 183 42,191 4,283 53,202 1,476 \ 302,773 i 64,781 52,848 1,265 ! 271,789 ! 54,497 15,817 420 99,348 ' 7,140 14,757 319 71,028 ' 7,442 3,137 67 15,453 2,431 24,528 528 124,712 10,738 33,065 804 207,701 | 22,952 14,681 330 78,673 12,718 25,348 594 114,172 15,1.33 8,011 150 84,41,7 4,259 27,191 j 563 147,850 11,348 1.4,978 i 329 152,498 9,381 35,174 i 781 208,182 19,897 1.35,059 ' 5,211 804,023 123,940 11,248 I 249 55,940 4,572 638,500 17,487 3,649,371 549,785 £ £ 935,599 ,10,293 ! 233,392 3,472,987 35,011 888 14,710 216,886 419,559 8,765 ! 169,445 2,506,254 329,532 6,412 ' 122,171 1,857,473 47,818 2,270 ' 31,129 449,388 42.132 830 12,028 181,244 10,371 213 2,979 44,993 92,235 2,978 44,584 684,023 163,906 4,265 60,414 942,319 74,507 1,414 23,248 370,794 104,895 3,291 I 47.885 785,040 25,728 980 j 14,122 203,617 72,114 ! 2,222 25,842 370,939 57,445 2,078 | 32,779 521,781 117,083 4,369 i 58,521 859,134 727.342 19,026 l 311,611 4,394,228 24,770 572 8,487 119,975 3,280,053 70,809 |i, 213,353 18,101,105 10,537 655 5,812 4,733 1,589 779 232 2,013 2.958 1,060 2,171 659 I ,806 1,478 3,262 12,755 516 .154,442 7,844 112,230 69,759 19,150 7,035 1,513 22,025 32,544 12,700 22,647 7,015 13,876 17,610 35,877 186,254 4,602 £ 2,881,587 178,730 2,160,105 1.525,493 369,625 173,700 37,870 568,030 765,858 312,972 681,400 196,994 328,479 414,125 739,087 3,498,262 105,924 Grand totals .. 53,015 727,729 14,938,841

Si ,ld. Paid. Denomination. 1917-18. 1918-19. [917 IS. 1918-19. 1917-18. s. d. 0 6 982 10 2,762 1 6 1,314 2 0 2,811 2 6 5,766 3 0 2,387 3 6 742 4 0 1,585 4 6 695 5 0 14,112 *5 6 *6 0 *6 6 *7 0 7 6 1,619 *8 0 *8 6 •9 0 *9 6 10 0 17,842 *10 6 •11 0 •11 6 *12 0 12 6 850 •18 0 "13 6 *14 0 •14 6 15 0 2,838 *15 6 *16 0 •16 6 •17 0 17 6 612 •18 0 •18 6 •19 0 •19 6 20 0 30,141 •21 0 902 2,357 1,159 2,255 4,821 2,009 716 1,251 556 12,463 1,391 16,435 394 218 1,188 924 510 406 1,257 1,017 1,887 1,279 911 733 241 192 458 392 201 145 2,682 2,454 1,533 1,054 1,007 888 131 82 131 136 265 220 13 4 116 51 33 65 70 39 24 2,957 2,874 218 126 969 698 327 205 209 169 161 132 97 57 38 31 105 79 86 47 715 762 24 23 92 64 154 167 112 ' 98 79 75 64 51 24 28 35 40 30 22 9,949 8,875 612 558 , 394 1,183 510 1,257 1,887 911 241 458 201 2,682 1,533 1,007 131 131 265 13 4 51 65 39 2,957 218 969 327 209 161 97 38 105 86 715 24 92 154 112 79 64 24 35 30 9,949 612 673 2,709 506 32,959 Number .. 93,058 Value .. .. £55,489 29,587 25,564 83,102 £50,351 £16,809 £14,884 * British I'ostal Orders of these deuominatii 1st September, 1910. from issue at all otlices in the Dominion ou the one were withdrawn

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Table No. 6—POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in the various Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1918.

Number i of Post Average ■ Avera „„ Office Numberof T t . * . Amount ol Number a - *? r «.,.,; ™ r\ ■*. Total Amount , ,„,.. t- _. > a .. <■ Amount oi Excess of ■ savings- Deposits eacri of With- Total Amount of „„„ K r-. a .„ „ „ Postal Districts. ; banks received ««&&%. i Depo.1- drawals Withdrawals , vi £ wal ! wg S Open at dunngthe v „ - received during during the Year. , . , .. v_»„.. a the Close Year. Year - during the the Year. ! , h du " n B during the Year, d of the i Year. I ,he Ycar " £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. 239 233,392 3,472,986 10 5 14 17 71154,442 2,881,586 15 1 18 13 2' 591,399 15 4 Blenheim .. 15 14,716 216,886 1 0 14 14 9 7,844 178,730 2 9 ! 22 15 9 38,155 18 3 Christchurch .. 70 169,445 2,506,254 1 0 15 2 10 112,236 2,160,105 1 6 19 4 11 406,148 19 6 Dunedin .. 68 122,171 1,857,473 1 4 15 4 1 09,759 1,525,492 16 9 21 17 4' 331,980 4 7 Gisborne .. 22 31,129 449,387 10 7 14 8 9 19,150 309,624 16 5 ! 19 6 0 79,762 14 2 Greymouth .. 18 12,028 181,243 11 6 15 1 4 7,035 173,700 10 3 24 13 10 7,543 1 3 Hokitika .. 7 2,979 44,993 8 5 15 2 1 1,513 37,869 17 2 j 25 0 7 7,123 11 3 Invereargill .. 35 44,584 084,022 15 7 15 6 10 22,625 568,630 8 6 : 25 2 8 115,392 7 1 Napier .. .. 42 60,414 942,318 14 1 15 11 11 32,544 765,858 7 9 23 10 8 170,460 6 4 Nelson .. .. 27 370,794 7 11 15 18 11 12.700 312,972 1 8 j 24 12 10| 57,822 6 3 New Plymouth .. 30 47,885 785,040 04 16 7 11 22,647 681,399 14 1 j 30 1 9 103,640 6 3 Oamaru ... 11 14.122 263,647 8 2 18 13 4 7,015 196,994 5 8 28 1 8| 66,653 2 6 Thames .. 30 25,842 370,938 15 8 14 7 1 13,876 j 328,478 19 9 23 13 5 42,459 15 11 Timaru.. .. 16 32,779 521,781 9 6 15 18 4 17,610 414,124 11 11 j 23 10 4 107,656 17 7i Wanganui .. 41 58,521 859,134 11 1 14 13 7 35,877 739,086 10 8 20 12 1 120,048 0 5 Wellington .. 96 311,011 4,394,227 17 1 14 2 ] 186,254 , 3,498,262 9 8 18 15 8 895,965 7 5 Westport .. j 19 8,487 : 119,974 14 5 14 2 7! 4,602 105,924 0 5 ' 23 0 4 14,050 14 0 Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. W ov« ri a r i c Excess of M /ithdrawals ™ •er Deposits , ] ing the Year. , £ s. d. Cost of Management during the Year. Dost of lanagement during le Year £ A f < ti !r. f Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. \verage - Number ~, _. *„„„ . r » «*- m v> kt — u c I otal Amount Cost of Number Number of .„ .. „ _ K „„ k \ t c A - standing to the Accounts Creditor all rransac- Interest for Accounts Accounts 1 remain- : n A ion, De- | the Year. opened closed ; ing Open ; Up ; e " ,„". " f ' posit or during during at Close , . I . 7C With- i the Year, the Year. of the rl ?, h vlr drawal. | : Year. Close of the Year. I I I I : d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 196,651 0 3 16,293 10,537 113,939:6,225,642 19 4 14,690 14 6 888 655 8,389 456,270 14 1 154,402 17 11 8,765 5,812 88,300 4,866,607 19 3 127,302 16 1 6,412 4,733 63,086 3,962,882 9 10 23,595 1 0i 2,270 1,589 14,760 753.706 16 6 15,300 1 4 830 779 8,639 ; 464.187 5 5 4,174 16 1 213 232 2,456 127.686 3 2 47,340 19 Oi 2,978 2,013 24,360 1,446,903 12 4 55,149 11 10; 4,265 : 2,958 30,477 1,754,281 19 4 23,815 1 4 1,414 i 1,000 13,499 742,708 8 0 43,395 17 10 3,294 : 2,171 21,190 1,338,049 1 3 15,947 7 5 980 059 7,228 507,040 5 9 23,979 5 10 2,222 1,806 16,435 738,80119 1 35,239 17 3 ; 2,078 | 1,478 I 17,108 1,106,398 1 11 .. . 44,534 17 4 4,369 3,262; 27,802 1,388,790 10 9 224,4:34 5 11 19,026 12.755 127,090 7,247.987 4 10 9,517 6 9 572 516 5,447 290,119 13 11 1 merest for the Year. ■ M k v h I Nun J ber Total Amount Number Number of standing to the ot o Accounts n ,.. & f ., a * a . i ~ ■ Credit of all Accounts Accounts remain- ~ a--.™;!*., , , j j-. Upen Accounts, opened closed ing Open - > _,* , ' during during at Close , illusive of the Year, the Yelr. of the rl 7, h V,lr v Close of the Year. I Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. £ s. d. 54 12 10 54 7 9 55 2 3 62 16 4 51 1 4 53 14 8 51 19 9 59 7 11 57 II 3 55 0 5 63 2 11 70 3 0 44 19 1 64 13 5 49 19 1 57 0 7 53 5 3 Totals for 1918 786 1,213,35318,101,104 18 1 14 18 4J 727,729 14,938,841 10 0 20 10 7 3,162,263 8 1 3,162,263 S 1 32 32,000 2,000 I 3'96 1,059,4*71 17 8:76,869 53,015 3-96 |1,059,471 17 8 76,869 53,015 590,205 33,418,126 4 9 590,205 33,418,126 4 9 56 12

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Table No. 6a.—POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date they were established in February, 1867, to the 31st December, 1918.

Year. of Post- Average » Office Number ot". r -»-,i a . „» Amount of Number . XCT % e c u . Savings- Deposits! i« «ch of With- Total Amount of Amount of E-ce»s of banks received 1 ? f -\TT ,h Deposit drawals Withdrawals , " ch , S^S" 0 "/ Openat duringthej "«'>ed dunng the K \ ( , during the Year. W '"hdrawal Withdrawals , ' f~, \r * ear. . .. I -._ v _r during during the Year. ; the C os - Year. during the 'he Ycai. . .. v * 6 of the Yeli. the Year. I Year, j ■ | Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost ol . Manage- 1 mrnt j during i the Year.] Average Cost of each : Transaction, Dei posit «r ' With- ! itrawal. Interest lor the Year. Number ; Number Number of of of Accounts Accounts Accounts remainopened closed ing Open during during at Close the Year, the Year. of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Totals for 1918 .. 1917 •• 1916 .. 1915 •• 1913 .. 1912 .. 19" ■■ 1910 .. 1908 1907 .. 1906 .. 1905 .. '9°4 •• I9° 2 •• , 1901 1900 .. 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 •• 1896 .. 1895 .. 1894 .. 1893 .. 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 ... 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 •• 1876 1875 .. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals from ist Feb. to 31st Dec., 1867 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 786 1,213,35318,101,104 iS 1 14 iS 4 727.72914,938.841 10 o 791 11,211.90917,106,529 5 4! 14 2 3 718,907114,461,169 3 7 786 1,118,101115, 576, 408 3 gl 13 18 7: 688,778112,957,420 3 10 787 970,759 13, 7 o6 >°57 5 8 14 2 5 657.237!",294,973 16 5 766 884,40511,904,322 19 8 13 9 2 657,62210,603,018 6 3 747 907,87611,286,702 7 5 12 8 8 634,80111,041,454 8 10 724 877,88911,725,182 16 51 13 7 1 589,38811,449,711 3 7 687 823,83211,627,367 14 3 14 2 3 546,022110,662,045 15 2 647 768,824 10,708,938 16 10 13 18 7 520,413 9,695,514 16 1 619 724, 501 9,611,119 11 3 13 5 4 52°, 97 1 9,499, 3*9 l6 4 593 706,101 9,674.075 4 o 13 14 o 484,672 9,417,820 10 3 563 650,990 9,351,663 19 7 14 7 4 433,796 8,125,123 o o 54 1 593,764 7.907,154 12 5 13 6 4 386,536 6,907,103 17 7 520 509,112 6,625,744 o 10 13 o 3 346,022 5,984,184 12 2 510 469,799 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 323,609 5,664,770 3 9 493 444, 510 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9 301,076 5,343,828 5 oj 481 411,215 5,069,619 6 2 12 6 7 273,454 4,708,771 11 2\ 466 380,808; 4,611,456 6 I, 12 2 2 247,854! 4,230,193 6 2 445 347,056 4,170,428 15 3'12 o 4 227,079! 3,827,416 7 3 427 313, 7S3 3,644,980 9 10: 11 12 4 206,9401 3,417,298 19 8 409 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 196,764 16 7 388 267,615 3,187,219 2 4 11 18 2 1/9,555 2,891,169 5 8 371 242,283. 2,881,152 16 3, 11 17 10 167,248 2,591,558 19 4 357 217,393 2,794,506 16 o; 12 17 1 159,904 2,369,333 6 7 348 204,545 2,252,862 6 n 11 o 3 152,136 2,268,624 8 4 327 202,276 2,386,089 10 7 11 15 11 136,739 2,122,521 16 8 31S 186,945 1,878, 270 6 4 10 o 11 120,628 1,821,348 18 1 311 176,971 1,842,987 15 2 10 8 3 111,603 1,693,515 9 3 296 162,938 1,658,543 3 5 10 3 6 106,868 1,500,437 9 5 294 153.920 1,515,281 11 3! 9 16 10 99,185 1,457,081 5 o 290 145,355 1,544,747 7 IJi I0 12 6 96,204 1,387,471 1 10 283 136,197 1,312,151 15 9 12 S 89,962 1,182,409 7 6 27 1 1.37,989! 1,248,405 6 11 9 o 11 89,182 1,336,287 6 4 25 6 I3 I ,373 i,34 I -° 01 3 2 10 4 1 84,832! 1,264,305 8 3 243 129,279 1,227,909 11 4 9 9 11 80,800 1,195,931 o 11 222 127,609 1,178,474 4 1 9 4 8 78,405 1,295,719 18 3 207 129,952 1,325,852 2 11 10 4 o 69,308 1,142,599 o 1 190 125,855 1,189,012 27 9 8 11 60,137 902,195 1 3 178 81,660 864,441 18 10 10 11 9 57,446 780,504 13 4 165 71,865 812,399 JI 11 11 6 1 54,698 876,180 19 3 147 69,908 762,084 12 o 10 iS o 42,746 742,053 14 3 138 60,953 681,294 13 2 11 3 6 39,363 667,023 7 5 124 57,295 664,134 12 6 11 11 9 39,486 696,281 7 4 119 56,129 657,653 4 o 11 14 4 36,977 729,759 17 9 103 52,627 699,249 14 3 13 5 8 29,778 620,155 8 9 97 39,223 580,542 5 5 14 16 2 21,268 425,908 3 5 92 31,681 430,877 o o 13 12 o 17,254; 313,176 7 11 Si 24,642 3 I2 ,338 18 4 12 13 6 14,773 261,347 16 3 70 20,489 264,328 5 7 12 18 o 11,934 209,509 13 2 59 I 7> 1 33 240,898 5 9 14 1 2 9,292 180,518 4 1 55 i3. OI 4 !94.535 " 6 14 18 11 6,365 107,094 17 3 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919! 26,415 18 9 £ s. d.l 20 10 7; 20 2 4: 18 16 2: ~7 3 9 16 2 6 17 7 10 19 8 6 19 10 6 18 12 7 18 4 - 19 8 8 18 14 7 !7 17 5 j 17 5 11 17 10 1 17 15 o j 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 : 16 2 o 15 9 ioj 14 16 4 14 18 3 : 15 10 5 1520 i 15 3 5 i 14 o 9 1 M 13 9 1 14 8 5 i 13 2 10 . 14 19 8 1 14 18 o 14 16 o I 16 10 6 16 9 8 1 15 o 1 13 11 8 i 16 o 4 : 17 7 2 , 16 18 10 17 12 8 1 19 14 8 1 20 16 5 , 20 o 5 ! 18 3 o < ~7 '3 9 : 17 II I 19 8 7 i 16 16 6 ' -3 15 3 £ s. d.l £. s. d.j £ Is. d. £ 5. d. £ s. d.j £ s. d. 3,162.263 S 1 .. 32,000 o 3-961,059,471 17 8 76,869 53.015 590,20533,418,125 4 9 56 12 5 2,645,360 19 .. ! 32,ooo; o 3'97j 947,821 6 o 82,200 53,921 566,35129,196,389 19 o 51 11 o 2,618,987 19 11 .. ; 32,000! o 4'25 ! 817,855 19 3 84,833 55,846 538,07225,603,208 11 3 47 11 7 2,411,083 93 .. ! 30,000 o 4 ,- 42j 707,252 3 9 83,244 57,421 509,08522,166,364 12 1 43 10 10 1,301,304 13 5 .. i 30,000 o 4-67! 615,310 9 4 78,519 53,851 483,26219,048,028 19 1 39 8 4 245,247 18 7 .. I 30,000 o 4-67 555,908 9 7 81,260 54,865 : 458,594117,131,413 16 4 37 7 2 J 275,471 12 io : .. , 29,000 o 474! 511,598 18 8 85,529 58,896: 432,i99!i6,330,257 8 2 37 15 8 j 965,321 19 1 .. : 29,000 o 5o8 ! 472,874 18 5 85,912! 60,931 405,566115,543, 1S6 16 8 38 6 6 '1,013,424 09 .. 28,000 o 521 424,668 1 o 78,566! 57,695 380,585:14,104.989 19 2 37 1 3 111,799 14 11 .. 27,000 o 5-20 395,804 4 5 77,400! 55,763 359,71412,666,897 17 5 35 4 3 256,254 13 9; .. 27,000 o 5-44 379, S08 6 7 80,133 57.825! 342,07712,159,293 iS 1 35 10 11 1,226,540 19 7I .. 19,000 o 4-20 343,424 7 2 74,671 53,644 319,77311,523,230 17 9 36 o 9 1,000.050 14 10 .. j 17,000 o 4-16: 291,191 19 1 70,206 47,526 298,746 9,953,265 11 o 33 6 4 641,559 8 8 .. ! 16,500 o 4-63 259,081 7 6 60,015 43,"3 276.066 S.662, 022 17 1 31 7 6 171,769 16 3 .. I 16,000 o 4S4 200,930 6 1 57,769 42,280 259,164 7,761,382 o 11 29 18 11 317,764 10 2 .. 15,000 o 483 187,130 2 8 57,047 40,837; 243,675 7,388,681 18 7 30, 6 5 360,847 15 o: .. 14,000 o 490 172,926 1 7 53,587 38,558 227,465 6,883,787 5 9 30 5 3 ■ 381,262 19 11 .. n.S 00 o 4 39 159,198 4 o 50,046 35,018 212,436 6,350,013 9 2 29 17 10 343,012 80 .. 10,500 o 439 146,169 2 5 46,086 31,724, 197,40s 5,809,552 5 3 29 S 7 227,681 10 2j .. 9,500 o 438 134,917 19 3! 41,362 28,284] 183,046 5,320,370 14 10 29 1 4 84,717 10 10 .. 8,500 o 426 128,128 16 6! 37,265 26,628; 169,968 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 296,049 16 8. .. 8,000 o 429 137,240 S o 36,394 24,821 159,331 4,744,924 18 1 29 15 7 289,593 16 11 .. 7,000 o 410 126,497 16 3 32,982 22,907 147,758 4,311,634 13 5 29 3 7 425,173 9 5 •• 7,000 o 445 129,489 19 6 30,261, 22,001 137, 6S3 3,895,543 o 3 28 5 10 15,762 1 5 6,500 o 437 114,643 4 11 28,669! 21,93° 129,423 3,340,879 11 4 25 16 3 263,567 13 n .. 6,500 o 460 114,760 1 1 29,755 19,599 122,684 3,241,998 7 10 26 8 6 56,921 83 .. 5,500: o 429 111,301 13 1 26,232 18,171 112,528: 2,863,670 12 10 25 9 o 149,472 5 11 .. 5,000 o 416 104,098 17 o 25,131 17,872 104,467 2,695,447 IT 6 25 16 o 158,105 14 0: .. Si 000 ' o 4'45 Q2,3 I 9 o 6, 23,719 17,256 97,208! 2,441,876 8 7 25 2 4 58,200 63 .. 4,000 o 379 84,809 17 1 21,778: 15,521 90,745! 2,191,451 14 1 24 2 11 157,276 61 .. 4,000 o 397 78,080 6 o 21,307 16,543 84,488 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1 129,741 13 11 .. 4,000 o 424 67,363 15 3 20,368 15,515 79,724 1,813,084 iS 8 22 14 10 87,881 19 5 4,000 o 423 65,825 9 6 21,671 16,757 74,871 1,615,979 9 6 21 11 8 1 76,695 14 11 .. 4,000 o 444 62,228 3 11 20,661 16,421! 69,957' 1,638,035 19 5 23 8 4 1 31,978 10 5 .. 4,000 o 457 57,381 13 7 20,228. 16,447! 65,717 1,499,112 o 7 22 16 3 117,245 14 2 4,000 o 466 56,046 17 3 20,386 15,967: 61,936 1,409,751 16 71 22 15 2 !83,253 2 10 .. 4,000 o 4S2 54,909 13 11 21,014 14,505 57,517 1,470,950 13 6 25 11 5 286,817 ° IJ ! •• 3,5°° o 4-52 42,204 19 o 25,059 12,718 51,008 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 83,937 5 6 .. 3,500 o 604 32,822 12 4 16,137 12,217; 38,667 903,765 16 10 23 7 6 63,781 7 4 3,000 o 5'6g 31,715 18 2 15,401 12,786 34,747 787,005 19 o 22 12 11 20,030 17 9 .. 2,500 o 533 31,664 12 9 13,005 9,634 32,132 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 1 14,271 5 9 .. 2,500; o 5-98 29,193 14 6 11,235 8,591 28,761 767,375 17 8 26 13 7 32,146 14 10 2,500] o 620 28,762 4 7 11,255 9,472 26,1:7 723,910 17 5 27 14 4 72,106 13 9 2,500! o 644 28,565 3 5 11,273 8,681 24,334 727,295 7 8 29 17 9 79,094 56 .. 2,250 o 655 26,935 6 8 10,346 5,736 21,742 770,836 18 o 35 9 o 154,634 20 .. 1,800, o 7-14 20,106 16 10 7,382 3,816 17,132 664,807 5 10 38 16 1 117,700 12 1 .. 1,556 o 763 14,711 o 5 6,205 3,!88 13,566 490,066 7 o 36 2 5 50,991 2 1 .. 1,351 o 823 11,291 10 10 4,615 2,383 10,549 357,654 14 6 33 18 1 54,818 12 5! .. 1,264 o 9-36 9,242 3 11 4,304 2,277 8,317 295,372 1 7 35 10 3 60,380 1 8: .. 1,186 o 10-77 7.4 12 8 o 3,839 i,Soi 6,290 231,311 5 3 36 15 5 87,440 14 3 .. 789 o 977 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,186 4,252 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 69,956 91 .. 822 1 1018 1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5

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Table No. 7. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1918.

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Balances on 1st January, 1918. Transactions. Balances on 31st Deci Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1918. :ember, 1918. _. Cr. Dr. Cr. h Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Cr. Dr. Dr. I I I i 1 ! I • .- - . Money-order Accounts :— -Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Australia Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji France Germany Hong Kong India Norway Samoa Straits Settlements Tonga Union of South Africa Commission (Foreign) Savings-bank Accounts :—- Deposits and withdrawals Investments Accrued interest on investments .. Fixed Deposit Account Fixed Deposit Investment Account Transfers — New Zealand Commonwealth S.B. of Australia State Savings-bank of Australia United Kingdom Profit and Loss Account Postal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Safe-deposit receipts Money-order commission British postal orders —-H.O. a/c .. —C.P.M.'s a/c ,, —-London a/c B.P.O. commission i'ostal revenue Tblboraph Accounts: — New South Wales Telegraphs Xew Zealand and Australian cable Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts £ s. d. £ s. cl. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. l 89,449 6 5 .. 3,820,048 14 0 3,811,536 19 0 97,961 1 5 40,912 7 5 .. 260,969 1 10 289,257 19 6 12,623 9 9 4,115 13 7 .. 107,075 13 11 97,250 17 3 13,940 10 3 7,870 5 10 187,932 1 10 178,192 10 7J 1,869 5 4J 8,326 9 7 .. .. .. 8,326 9 7 2,364 4 7 .. 10,314 7 3 10,131 3 1 2,547 8 9 92 12 0 .. 1,556 7 2 1,626 9 6 22 9 8 398 5 0 5,327 8 4 5,088 12 1 1,043 10 11 .. 1,132 0 11 1,289 0 3 886 11 7 1,051 6 10 172 9 3 .. 1,627 10 10 1,694 16 1 105 4 0 8,779 12 3 .. 19,301 0 3 16,648 17 11 11,431 14 7 149 15 5 .. 261 4 8 280 16 3 130 3 10 1,195 6 11 11 12 2 .. 149 lo 0 255 1 11 1,158 16 3 2-,669 14 11 2,461 10 1 307 15 11 2,228 1 4 1,977 16 3 435 9 1 2,362 17 6 2,346 19 8 29,196,389 19 0 .. 19,160,576 15 9 14,938,841 10 0 33,418,125 4 9 28,467,291 9 7 1,286,225 0 0 4,697,885 0 0 328,417 17 7 328,417 17 7 359,899 0 0 21,000 0 0 .. 840 0 0 840 0 0 21,000 0 0 21,000 0 0 11,435 11 8 .. 1,652,926 19 2 1,649,091 4 8 15,271 6 2 2,356 12 .. 6,370 5 11 8,844 5 10 530 6 7 .. 27,922 10 7 30,625 17 2 8,522 8 6 8,522 8 6 408,065 15 11 .. 1,477,109 18 2 1,784,768 6 11 ; 100,407 7 2 338,324 12 6J .. 1,182,566 5 74. 1,230,135 6 1£ 290,755 12 OJ 12 4 8 .. 630 3 10 621 8 6 21 0 0 192.145 6 1 .. 587,181 9 2 616,065 11 1J 163,261 4 1£ .. 17,471 10 4 17,471 10 4 10 10 0 10 10 0 17,487 0 4 17,487 0 4 24,376 9 2 .. 55,883 6 8 48,348 8 9 31,911 7 1 24,263 17 4 .. 48,348 8 9 51,661 4 10 20,951 1 3 51,079 19 3 51,079 19 3 527 7 1 527 7 1 6,242 3 4 .. 985,151 5 2J 987,185 19 7 4,207 8 IH 5,497 19 3 .. 75,184 4 10 73,928 6 0 6,753 18 1 1,007 7 9 .. 15,522 15 4 15,251 1 7 1,279 1 6 4,822 11 4 .. 82,918 3 3 79,906 5 4 7.834 9 3 368,030 10 7J 368,030 10 7J £ s. d. 159 8 9 1,051 6 10 1,195 6 11 93 14 9 950 11 5 57 10 10 419 11 3 31,878,951 9 7 359,899 0 0 21,000 0 0 i.17 18 9 2,173 0 0

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Table No. 7— continued. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1918— continued.

Balances on 1st January, 1918. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1918. Cr. i Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Telegraph Accounts — -continued. Special-messenger receipts Maintenance of private wires Registration of code addresses Cash deposits Telegraph revenue General Accounts: —- Post Office Savings-bank Reserve Account .. Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Foreign Mail Settlement Account .. :. Miscellaneous expenses Discount stamps For other Departments :— Advances to Settlers Agriculture Arms Act licenses Audit fees .. Beer dutyClerks of Court.. .. ... County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duties (parcels) Education Department Examination fees Electoral receipts Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Goldfields revenue Government Insurance Government Printer Hospital and Charitable Aid Board receipts Homing-pigeons Protection Act Hospital Ship receipts Imperial pensions Income-tax Inspector. Weights and Measures Industrial schools Labour Department receipts Land-drainage receipts £ s. d. 2,368 8 3 9,609 10 3J 6,997 14 3 15,316 4 2 87,521 9 8 1,926 16 0 37,487 16 8 100 14 10 4 0 0 2,114 5 0 4 8 7 43 19 4 9,444 3 2 10 13 9 15 0 "o 10 0 123 15 0 "6 17 0 24,096 18 0 "o 11 0 22,177 17 0 . 379 4 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 19 0 4,069 4 8 1,618 6 4 27,532 9 OJ 1,197,998 8 6 , 364,000 0 0 1,442,674 10 4 24,085,358 2 9J 1,346,062 5 4J 40,357,860 13 8 38,913 14 5 3,584 17 6J 15,119 9 OJ j 16,107 16 3 6,837,467 1 0 537 10 0 1,366,858 2 2 1,338 5 10 86 0 0 3 0 0 19,413 19 0 63 8 1 43 16 8 834 18 6 185,797 2 6 1,321 4 8 131 10 0 8 10 18 7 0 1,163 13 6 3,942 12 0 62 1 0 262,941 9 7 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1,857 9 5 30,000 0 0 3,293.677 15 0 0 1 11 14,209 9 5 0 6 0 4.249 19 6 £ s. d. 0 19 0 4,069 4 8 1,618 6 4 26,883 13 Hi 1,198,343 9 5 24,178,499 0 OJ 40,420,797 15 l| 39.658 6 4J 8,802 7 3 13,989 0 7 7,342.587 4 10 579 12 0 1,342,819 12 1 1,352 16 4 88 0 0 3 0 0 18,326 4 2 67 16 8 43 16 8 761 9 7 164,763 18 7 1,330 18 5 132 0 0 8 10 18 17 0 1,151 10 0 3,942 12 0 58 1 6 264,194 18 9 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 20 36.659 0 8 3,311.416 11 2 0 1 11 14.048 1 7 0 6 0 3,888 3 8 £ s. d. 3,017 3 4 9,264 9 4 1 364,000 0 0 6,253 2 3J 2,732 4 3 17,434 19 10 1,884 14 0 61,526 6 9 86 4 4 2 0 0 3,201 19 10 117 8 3 30.477 7 1 10 0 0 15 0 135 18 6 IO 16 6 22,843 8 10 "o 1 0 0 11 0 4,439 0 10 540 12 0 361 15 10 £ s. d. 1,535,815 7 7 1,408,999 6 10 417,598 14 2 8,5i6 10 1

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Land-tax Licensing Act Machinery Marine Department Mining Act National Provident Fund receipts New Zealand Consols Orchard-tax Pensions Department — Military Miners Old-age „ Pensions (miscellaneous) War Widows Public Health Public Trust Public Service Superannuation Railways Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs School Journal receipts State Fire Insurance Department Stock Department Teachers' Superannuation Fund Valuation revenue Wheat receipts Miscellaneous revenue Suspense Account New Zealand Government loan debentures Post Office 5-per-cent. inscribed stock War-loan certificates: — Head Office Account .. C.P.M.'s Account Fund Account Sales Investment Account For Custody Account Interest Account Interest Investment Account Y.M.C.A. coupons — Head Office Account .. C.P.M.'s Account Adjustment Account Totals.. 222,594 4 0 .. 1,334 5 0 9 6 8 427 5 . 0 490 6 3 .. 262 19 9 21 13 0 433 3 8 '.'. 6,567 10 6 '.'. 155 9 0 I 48,528 7 2 .'. 309 12 6 16 18 0 305 2 3 '.'. 0 15 0 3,883 8 11 650 5 6 '.'. 6 0 0 2 10 14,780 0 0 21,800 0 0 373,125 14 0 310,387 7 0 2,876,809 10 0 56,136 15 0 5,609 7 6 10,459 19 6 3,865 16 6 34,570,598 3 2 I- 1,122,181 11 6 1,280,600 0 0 20 10 0 20 10 0 10,867 11 6 11,161 11 6 241 4 2 217 17 6 152 5 0 171 10 0 28,469 17 11 26,995 16 0 1,644 1 7 1.715 5 5 51.600 0 0 51,285 4 7 13,400 0 0 13,672 5 7 2,117 11 5 742,000 0 0 736,853 3 1 45 0 0 45 0 0 1,012,000 0 0 1,017,313 7 10 279 8 3 73,300 0 0 72,711 15 3 1,418 16 8 1,403 17 1 1,389.157 15 11 1,339,115 19 3 2,195 7 10 189,476 14 6 183,304 14 5 '.'. 2,852 4 6 2,885 6 6 315 3 5 319 14 5 2,186 0 3 2,363 11 2 139 9 11 132 17 2 6 7 0 1 14 8 2 15 0 3 10 0 61,204 17 4 59,836 16 8 7,162 4 10 7,574 13 10 937 10 0 937 10 0 287 14 6 293 10 6 1,614,387 10 0 1,618,667 10 0 780,100 0 0 794,150 0 0 1,090,800 0 0 1,236,323 12 0 1,236,323 12 0 1,120,584 7 0 1,114,059 5 0 1,601 1 5 2,886,500 0 0 .. 1,095,000 0 0 461.811 0 0 461,811 0 0 168,814 0 11 I 56,200 0 0 .- 168,750 0 0 24.375 0 0 23,735 5 0 23,735 5 0 25,075 17 0 25,071 2 0 28,548 1 0 34,570,598 3 2 121,243.161 14 2 121,243,161 14 2 64,175 15 6 1,040 5 0 32 13 4 ' 408 0 0 1,964 8 2 191 15 11 336 8 5 160 18 1 3,029 5 6 1,254 2 8 308 16 6 170 8 7 98,570 3 10 3,976 12 3 276 10 6 12 7 0 127 11 4 6 12 9 4 12 4 5,251 9 7 237 16 6 "o 4 0 2 1 0 10,500 0 0 7,750 0 0 227,602 2 0 426,126 12 0 3,989,267 13 7 224,950 15 11 6,249 2 6 9,119 7 6 388 17 6 i 39,843,448 17 9 3,981,' 500 0 224,950 0 39,843,448 17 39,843,448 17 9 39,843,448 17

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Table No. 8. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings-bank Fund on the 31st December, 1918.

'l inscription of Securities, Nominal Value. Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1018. Tho Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 4 por cont. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1902 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1906 Debentures, 3| per a nt. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1906 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1906 Debentures, 3£ per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1906 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1907 I,'<4icntiires, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1911 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1911 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1912 Debentures, ,3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Water-power Works Act 1910 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Aid to Water-power Works Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. Akaroa County Council Debentures, 4J per cent. The Appropriation Act 1912 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Appropriation Act 19.17 (section 22) Debentures, 4 per cent. Auckland Harbour Board Debentures, 6J per cent... Canadian Stock, 3 per cent. Canadian Stock, 2J por cent. Cape of Good Hope Consolidated Stock, 3J per cent. The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 Debentures, 31 per cent. The Consolidated Loan Act 1884 Debentures, 3| per cent. .. The Consolidated Loan Act 1884 Debentures, 4 per cent. The, Consolidated Stock Act 1884 (the New Zealand Loans Act, 1908) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 4 per cent. Dcvonport Borough Council Debentures, 4J per cent. The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1915 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1915 and Amendment Act 1916 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1915 and Finance Act 1917 (section 82) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1915 and Finance Act 1918 (section 31) Debentures, 4 por cent. Ellesmere Land Drainage Board Debentures, 4 per cent. The Finance Act 1909 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Finance Act 1909 Debentures 4 per cent. The Finance Act 1909 1 Vbontures, 4 por cent. The Finance Act 1915 Debentures, 4J per cent. The Finance Act 1916 (section 35) (War Expenses) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Finance Act 1916 (section 35) Debentures, 4J por cent... The Finance Act 1916 (section 35) Debentures, 4J per cent... £ s. d. 500 0 0 £ s. d. 500 0 0 £ *s, a. 3 5 9 90,300 0 0 90,300 0 0 593 15 1 61,600 0 0 61,600 0 0 112 8 8 32,900 0 0 32,900 0 0 658 0 0 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 32 17 6 128,000 0 0 128,000 0 0 420 16 5 25,100 0 0 25,100 0 0 418 2 0 170,100 0 0 170,100 0 0 2,833 8 9 101,050 0 . 0 101,050 0 0 2,021 0 0 500,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 8,750 0 0 61,750 0 0 61,750 0 0 1,080 12 6 8,650 0 0 8,650 0 0 162 3 9 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 100 0 0 200,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 498 12 7 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 154 2 2 49,000 0 0 49,000 0 0 918 15 0 175,300 0 0 175,300 0 0 1,386 15 9 2,390,100 0 0 2,390,100 0 0 15,715 14 6 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 308 4 4 334,000 0 0 334,000 0 0 2,145 15 2 900 0 0 10,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,000 0 0 12,666 15 11 200 0 0 10,000 0 0 135,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 194,200 0 0 283,500 0 0 165,000 0 0 900 0 0 10,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 500 0 0 4,800 0 0 10,133 8 9 186 1 3 10,000 0 0 135,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 194,200 0 0 283,500 0 0 165,000 0 0 13 8 6 61 12 10 496 3 3 12 10 3 87 10 0 237 5 8 3 10 0 99 14 (> 1,262 3 1 299 3 7 102 16 10 3,032 14 1 5,670 0 0 3,300 0 0 75,000 0 0 75,000 0 0 593 6 5 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 162 0 0 100 0 0 20,000 0 0 100 0 0 26,000 0 0 1 2 8 344 15 4 74,000 0 0 74,000 0 0 981 5 2 360,000 0 0 360,000 0 0 4,070 2 7 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 109 II 9 2,850 0 0 46,901 0 0 50,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 500 0 0 1,120,000 0 0 2,850 0 0 46,901 0 0 50,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 500 0 0 1,120,000 0 0 24 7 2 781 5 0 1,000 0 0 91 12 4 0 19 9 11,169 6 4 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 7 9 2 14 18 4

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Table No. 8—continued. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings-bank Fund on the 31st December, 1918 — continued.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1918. The Finance Act 1916 (section 35) Debentures, 4J per cent... The Finance Act 1916 (section 49) Debentures, 4 por cent. . . The Finance Act 1916 (section 50) Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Finance Act 1917 (section 77) Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Finance Act 1918 (section 32) (State Forests) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Finance Act 1918 (section 10) Debentures, 4 por cent. .. The Finance Act 1918 (section 30) (Cold-storage Advances Account) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Fruit-preserving Industry Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tlic Fruit-preserving Industry Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The (lovernment Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Advances to Settlers Extension Act 1901 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 (Part III, Workers) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Railways Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Railways Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Railways Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 191.0 Debentures, 3|- per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cont. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Hamilton Borough Council Debentures, 4| per cent. Hamilton Borough Council Debentures, 4J per cent. Tho Hauraki Plains Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Hauraki Plains Amendment Acts 1913 and 191.4 Debentures, 4 por cent. The Hauraki Plains Amendment Act 1913 and Appropriation Act 1918 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts 1903 and 1905 Debentures, 4 per cent.. Tho Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts 1903, 1905, and 1907 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts 1903, 1905, and 1907 Debentures, 4 per cont. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 3-J per cent. India Stock, per cent, India Stock, 3J per cent. India Stock, 3 per cent. Inscribed Stock, 3J per cent. Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. The New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act 1917 Debentures, 4i per cont. The Irrigation and Water-supply Act 1913 Debentures, 4 percent. Tho Irrigation and Water-supply Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. . . The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. . . The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. . . The Laud for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. £ s. d. 500 0 0 800,000 0 0 41,900 0 0 725,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 £ s. d. 500 0 0 800,000 0 0 41,900 0 0 725,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 £ s. d. 7 9 2 13,326 0 0 697 19 0 9,331 9 8 18 I 8 1,500,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,500,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 4,931 9 8 2 3 10 40,700 0 0 40,700 0 O 405 17 8 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 O 59 10 8 5,200 O O 105,000 0 0 5,200 0 0 105,000 0 0 43 1.7 7 345 4 1 12,900 0 0 12,964 10 0 258 0 0 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 1,326 0 6 80,000 0 0 80,000 0 0 263 0 3 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 82 3 1.0 141,000 O 0 2,000 O 0 1,000 0 0 50,350 0 0 141,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 50,350 0 0 2,820 0 0 33 6 3 20 0 0 838 14 I 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 187 10 0 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 93 1.5 0 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 36,350 0 0 36,350 0 0 727 0 0 260,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 16,000 0 0 260,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 16,000 0 0 5,200 0 0 56 4 4 11 4 4 266 10 5 19,000 0 0 19,000 0 0 354 9 3 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 7 4 7 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 657 10 9 127,000 0 0 127,000 0 0 835 1 5 27,590 0 0 27,590 0 0 459 II 7 15,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 249 17 3 2,000 O 0 2,000 0 0 13 3 0 20,900 0 0 20,900 0 0 165 (i 9 109 4 8 216 14 5 52 13 9 618,000 0 0 2,260,495 I I I 7,600 0 0 51 15 0 213 18 9 45 15 0 618,000 0 0 2,244,582 18 0 7,600 0 0 2 0 5 5 12 0 1 3 2 10,815 0 0 16,907 4 3 30 3 1 59,900 0 0 59,900 0 0 597 7 2 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 299 3 7 42,000 O 0 42,000 0 0 276 3 3 62,000 0 0 29,500 0 0 391,685 0 0 10,000 0 0 522,935 O 0 44,925 0 0 400 0 0 2,600 0 0 62,000 0 0 29,500 0 O 391,685 O 0 10,000 0 0 522,935 I) 0 44,925 0 0 400 0 0 2,600 0 0 618 (i 0 193 19 5 6,524 9 10 132 12 0 10,458 3 8 808 II) 0 4 0 8 52 0 0

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Table No. 8—continued. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings-bank Fund on the 31st December, 1918 — continued.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st Decembor, 1918. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1.908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. Tho Looal Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Looal Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 por cent. .. The Maori Land Settlement Act 1905 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act 1907 Debe.n•tures, 3J per cent. The Mining Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Native Land Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Native Land Purchases Act 1892 and New Zealand Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand Consols Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand Consols Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The Now Zealand State-guaranteed Advancos Act 1909 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 3| per cont. The New Zoaland State-guaranteed Advancos Act 1909 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advancos to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advances to Workers Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advances to Workers Branch) Debentures, 3|- per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advances to Workers Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advances to Workers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Guaranteed Mining Advances Branch) Debentures. 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 and New Zealand Loans Act 1908 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910; (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3$ por cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 4 percent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. £ s. d. 4,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 341,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 9,800 0 0 56,900 0 II 244,800 0 0 348,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 785,000 0 0 416,000 0 0 370,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 231,500 0 0 250,000 0 0 34,175 0 0 50,000 0 0 11,500 0 0 1.008,500 0 0 •125,000 0 0 340 0 0 1,000 0 (I 100,000 0 0 37,000 0 0 205,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 2,093 15 0 325,000 0 0 £ s. d. 4,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 341,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 9,800 0 0 56,900 0 0 244,800 0 0 348,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 785,000 0 0 416,000 0 0 370,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 231,500 0 0 250,000 0 0 34,175 0 0 50,000 0 0 11,500 0 0 1,008,500 0 0 125,000 0 0 340 0 0 1,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 37,000 0 0 205,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 2,093 15 0 325,000 0 0 : £ s. d. 80 0 0 199 9 0 3,438 0 6 201 12 10 196 0 0 947 10 3 3,246 2 2 3,470 9 4 142 0 6 328 15 4 15,700 0 0 5,516 5 4 4,906 5 11 164 7 8 3,069 15 0 3,315 1 3 683 10 0 875 0 0 75 12 4 9,786 2 9 835 12 3 4 19 1 16 13 2 872 12 0 345 18 6 673 19 5 5,671 4 2 34 17 3 2,835 18 11 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 934 18 7 205,000 0 0 205,000 0 0 ; 3,587 10 0 406 5 0 406 5 0 0 15 3 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 46 14 11 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 218 3 0 99,000 0 0 99,000 0 0 987 5 9 8,600 0 0 8,600 0 0 53 10 5 64,850 0- 0 64,850 0 0 1,134 17 6 741,066 0 0 741,066 0 0" 4,953 18 11 12,350 0 0 12,350 0 0 231 11 3 15,300 0 0 15,300 0 0 94 6 3 21,500 0 0 21,500 0 0 335 15 I 410,000 0 0 410,000 0 0 3,833 4 3 39,500 0 0 39,5110 0 (I 393 18 4 48,000 0 0 48,000 0 0 478 13 8 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 3,490 7 II

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Table No. 8—continued. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings-bank Fund on the 31st December, 1918 — continued.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1918. £ s. d. 975,000 0 0 £ s. d. 975,000 0 0 £ s. d. 8,507 16 10 The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3J percent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 4 por cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 191.0 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3f per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. Tho Post and Telegraph Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Public Revenues Act 1910 (Reserve Fund Securities Act, 1907) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Public Revenues Amendment Act 1915 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Public Revenues Amendment Act 1915 Debentures, 4 por cent. The Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act 1913 and Amendment Act 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act 1913 and Finance Act 1917 (section 81) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act 1913 and Appropriation Act 1918 (section 44) Debentures, 4 por cent. The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures, 3f per cent... The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. South Australian Stock, 4 [ier cent. .. .. :. South Australian Stock, 3j per cent. The State Advances Act 1913 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The State Advances Act 19.13 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The State Advances Act 1913 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The Swamp Drainage Act 1915 Debentures, 4 per cent. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Timaru Borough Council I >ebentures, 4 per cent. Victorian Stock, 3 per cent. The Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Waikaka Branch Railway Act 1905 Debentures, 4 per cent. War Purposes Loan Act 1917 Debentures, 4 J per cent. War Purposes Loan Act 1917 Debentures, 5 per cent. Wellington City Council Debentures, 4 per cent. Wellington City Council Debentures, 4 per cont. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, i\ per cent. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. The Wellington-Manawatu Railway Purchase Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. Westport, Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. .. Accrued interest on Post Office Account 112,000 0 (I 275,000 0 0 96,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 381,600 0 0 30,000 0 0 50,000 0 I) 54,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 35,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 800,000 0 0 1,703,750 0 0 390,000 0 0 470,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 112,000 0 0 275,000 0 0 96,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 381,600 0 0 30,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 54,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 35,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 800,000 0 0 1,703,750 0 0 390,000 0 0 470,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 977 6 3 2,399 12 11 897 10 8 89 15 I 3,329 Hi 9 280 'I 7 467 9 4 509 10 9 1,090 19 9 345 0 0 625 13 8 4,000 0 0 13,326 0 0 28,380 4 3 2,564 7 10 7,746 16 8 133 5 2 132 12 0 45,000 0 0 45,000 0 0 596 14 3 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 210 19 2 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 6 0 6 20,000 0 0 19,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 1,772 16 2 12,000 0 0 573,200 0 0 20,000 0 0 19,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 1,861 9 0 11,760 0 0 573,200 0 0 123 5 9 124 18 8 328 15 4 88 11 10 210 0 0 1,884 9 8 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 164 7 8 200,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 657 10 7 26,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 12,379 19 10 100,000 0 0 26,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 10,708 13 10 100,000 0 0 170 19 2 99 14 6 80 0 0 185 13 II 1,665 15 0 53,476 0 0 1,600 0 0 100 0 0 100,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 27,000 0 0 48,800 0 0 499,700 0 0 53,476 0 0 1,600 0 0 100 0 0 99,000 0 0 24,500 0 0 27,000 0 0 48,800 0 0 490,700 0 0 351 12 6 9 1 5 0 12 7 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 392 19 7 668 9 10 6,626 3 0 489,500 0 0 489,500 0 0 9,790 0 0 580 0 0 Totals 31,900.936 15 10 31,878,951 9 7 359,899 0 0

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Table No. 9. Post Office Sayings-Banks. Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st December, 1918. Dr. S s. d. Or. £ s. d. Balance at credit of depositors on Ist Withdrawals, 1918 .. .. 14,938,84110 0 January, 191.8 .. ..29,196,389 19 0 Balance at credit of depositors on 31st Deposits, 1918 .. .. ..18,101,104 18 1 December, 1918 .. ..33,418,125 4 9 Interest credited to depositors, 1918.. 1,059,47117 8 £48,356,966 14 9 £48,356,966 14 9 Fixed Deposit Account. Dr. £ s. d. I Gr. £ s. d. Balance at credit on Ist January. 191S 21,000 0 0 I Withdrawals, 1918 .. .. 810 0 0 Deposits, 1918 .. .. .. .. Balance at credit on 31st December, Interest credited, 1918 .. .. 840 0 0 1918 .. .. .. .. 21,000 0 0 £21,840 0 0 £21,840 0 0 Reserve Fund Account. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Amount transferred from Profit and Amount at credit of Reserve Fund Loss Account .. .. .. 350,000 0 0 ' Account on 31st December, 1918 .. 364,000 o o Interest credited .. .. .. 14,000 0 0 £364,000 0 0 £364,000 0 0 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Balanoe at credit of Post Office Savings- Securities (Post Office Savings-bank).. 31,878,951 9 7 bank depositors on 31st December, „ (fixed deposit) .. .. 21,000 0 0 1918 .. .. .. 33,41.8,125 4 9 Balance uninvostod .. .. 2,010,561 9 9 Balance on fixed deposit .. .. 21,000 0 0 transfer .. .. 12,980 7 5 Balance at credit of Reserve Fund Account .. .. .. .. 364,000 0 0 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 100,407 7 2 £33,910,512 19 4 £33,916,512 19 4 Profit and Loss Account. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. t s. d. Interest credited to depositors during . Balance forward, Ist January, 1918 .. 408,065 15 11 1918 .. .. .. .. 1,059,471 17 8 Interest received during £ s. d. Interest paid on debentures purchased year 1918 .. 1,114,415 5 I by the Department .. .. 38 11 8 Accrued interest. 31st Interest paid on fixed deposit .. 840 0 0 Decembor, 1918 .. 359,899 0 0 Interest credited Reserve Fund Aocount .. .. .. .. 14,000 0 0 1,474,314 5 1 Amount transferred to Post Office Less accrued interest on Savings-bank Reserve Account .. 350,000 0 0 31st December, 1917 328,417 17 7 Paid Public Account for cost of Say- 1,145,896 7 6 ings-bank management .. .. 32,000 0 0 Sundry receipts .. .. .. 2,795 13 1 Balance forward to next account .. 100,407 7 2 £1,556,757 16 6 £1,556,757 16 6

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Table No. 10. Savings-bank Accounts remaining open on 31st December, 1918, classified according to Balance at Credit of each Account.

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I „. II E *™ e „ d n n / E /«an e „ a n n / E «nn e „ d^ g Exceeding Number of £700 and £800 and £900 and ,.. ° , . . up to £800. up to £900. up to £1,000. ih00 °- op™ District. Not I exceeding £20. l Not Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding : Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding exceeding £20 and £50 and £100 and £200 and £300 and £400 and £500 and £600 and £20. up to £50. up to £100. up to £200. ; up to £300. up to £400. up to £500. \ up to £600. up to £700. Exceeding Exceeding E £20 and £50 and | ; up to £50. up to £100. I u Exceeding E £100 and i dp to £200. , u] Exceeding i E £200 and J ip to £300. u] 3xceedini £300 and ip to £40( I 1 Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invereargill Napier .. Nelson .. New Plymouth Oamani .. Thames .. Timaru .. Wanganui Wellington Westport 76,732 5,470 57,162 40,548 9,984 5,979 1,655 14,596 20,096 8,785 13,170 4,120 11,565 10,238 18,896 83,192 3,624 i 11,236 8,795 837 688 8,864 7,143 6,649 5,263 1,453 1,144 738 589 244 183 2,846 2,439 3,096 2,447 1,379 1,136 2,320 1,887 867 772 1,820 1,145 2,016 1,584 2,788 2,086 13,663 10,512 650 365 8,303 636 7,070 4,986 1,077 569 174 2,263 2,202 1,081 1,778 65,-1 | 1.005 1,589 I 1,984 9.524 358 3.693 356 3,324 2,397 467 349 88 1,012 1,118 505 856 347 461 652 i 875 4,289 196 2,051 153 1,925 1,385 226 147 49 531 574 255 477 207 139 408 505 2,369 117 1,096 90 1,067 687 163 96 17 279 303 138 255 97 131 244 251 1,300 ' 41 796 74 727 424 94 67 17 161 250 81 164 57 60 144 173 858 33 472 32 372 277 50 38 12 109 143 55 101 43 47 80 94 487 26 240 17 239 181 27 25 10 51 79 22 61 22 56 43 267 10 159 12 124 94 29 12 3 24 56 23 38 12 17 34 26 198 11 141 10 121 83 13 11 21 36 16 40 9 12 26 29 166 10 225 113,939 14 8.389 162 88,300 112 63,086 33 14,760 19 8,639 4 , 2,456 28 ! 24,360 77 ' 30,477 23 13,4911 43 21,19(1 16 7,228 16 I 16,435 37 ' 17,108 52 : 27,802 265 : 127,090 6 i 5,447 Totals, 1918 385,812 61,466 48,178 45,258 20,985 11,518 6,255 4,180 2,438 1,367 872 744 1,132 j 590,205 Totals, 1917 382,689 59,680 j 43,392 39,813 17,243 9,330 5,152 i 3,628 j 2,163 1,042 724 560 935 566,351

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Table No. 11. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters and Letter-cards, Post-cards. Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted and delivered in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1918.

(1918). Posted in the Dominion. Letter-cards Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Posted in the Dominion. Delivered in the Dominion. Letter-cards i p °st-cards. Books, &c. i Newspapers. j Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and deliver Parcels - E!ttell*")i j Post-cards. | Books, &c. j Total posted and delivered. red. News- Paropis papers. rawseis. Auckland .. J 30,154,723 Blenheim .. j 1,573,660 Christchurch .. i 14,358,081 Dunedin .. | 13,159,167 Gisborne .. ! 2,504,970 Greymouth .. 1,195,380 Hokitika .. 552,838 Invereargill .. 6,273,317 Napier .. 6,842,390 Nelson .. 2,177,070 New Plymouth 3,979,883: Oamaru .. 1,841,586: Thames .. 2,747391 Timaru .. 4,662,150 Wanganui . . 4,765, 902 Wellington .. , 26,643,318 Westport .. 731,544 756,132 5,331,902! 4,603,729 46,943 243,729; 264,732 340,379 1,434,954! 1,213,693, 678,119 3.830,997 1,757,625 21,437 667,023: 556,897! 15,223 174,928 206,843: 13,260 67,535 142,077 142,844 1,238,376 834,503 211,757 1,759,199 1,112,764 47,073 204,735 197,409 97,292 643,949 543,954 46,813 218,603 156,572 55,003 384,164 339,417 171,132 761,674 478,135 117,481 887,910 678,299 476,801 4,693,771: 3,461,901 3,601 120,670! 151,008 . —— I 919,555 25,171,523 25,480 1,532,193 499,499 15,173.535 376,545 11,572,197 53,963 2,313,5971 34,567 1,331,746 13,052 651,989 125.060 6,324,214 134,771 6,860,217 57,135 2,239,120 97,097 4,240,262 27,495 1,899,781 59,748 2.996,981 68,185 4,645.433 110,929 4.775,082 716,807 25.484.745 17,875 1,151,384 | 722,657 3,593,512! 3,813,563j 68,016 219,401- 372,424, 731,120 2,687,568 1,628,029 500,435 2,658,136 1,740,3491 43,771 474,968 801,697: 24,804 152,659 365,677! 17.589 1 98,878 190,229 ! 184,808] 742,911 998,699 223,860! 1,641,042 1,472,796 66,52l! 302,536 438.932 126,152 547.352 694,928 51,428 252,148 ! 253,045 72.631 362,986 558,441 230,971 1,070,901 779,428 130,741 814,801 992,251 692,393 3,767,075 3,378,505 16,419 250,237 297,661 704,337 55,326,246! 1,478,789 8,925,414 8,417,2921,623,892 50,057 3,105,853! 114,959; 463,130: 637,156 : 75,537 341,060 29,531,616! 1,071,499 4,122 ,522; 2,841 ,722 840,559 253,648: 24,731,3641 1,178,554 6,489,133 3,497,974 630.193 72,955 4,818,567! 65,208 1,141,991 1,358.594 126,918 50,647 [ 2,527,126 40,027 327,587 572,520 : 85,214 22,727 ! 1,204,827 30.849: 166,413 332,306! 35,779 160,367 12,597,531! 327,652 1,981,287 1,833,202; 285,427 178,743 13,702,607 435,617 3,400,241 2,585,560 313,514 79.365 4,416,190 113,594 507,271 636.341 136.500 127,505 8,220,145 223.444 1,191,301 1,238,882 224,602 38,863 3,741,367 98,241 1 470,751 409.617 66,358 99,629 5,744,372 127,634 747,150 897.858 159,377 84,599 9,307,583 402,103 1,832,575 1,257,563 152,784 156,391; 9,540,984 248,222 1,702,711 1.670,550 267.320 584,156| 52,128,063 1,169,194 8.460,846: 6,840,4061,300,963 33,657 1,882,928 20,020 370,907 448,669 51,532 j : Totals .. 124,163,370] 3 3,241,290 22,664,119 16,699,558 3 3,241 ,290^ 22,664,1191 16,699,558 3,337,763|ll8,363,999| 3,904,316' 19,637,111: 18,776,654! 3,038,706' 242,527,369 7,145,60642, 301,230;35, 476,212 6,376,46! 18,231,328 3,295,539124, 753,07D 4,254,705' 21,353,280! 22,135,464 3.019,336 245,796,945 ! 7,,549,86744. 934,21840, 366,7926, 314, 87! 16,699,558: 3,337,763 3,337,763|ll8,363,999 ; ! 3 118,363,999| 3,904,316! 19,637,111: 18,776,654: 3,038, 706 1 242,527,369 3.904,316; 19,637,111! 18,776,6541 3 3,038, 706 1 242,527,369 7,145,606W2,301,230 35,476,212p,376,469 7,145,606| ■ _L_ i_ i . :___ I ! 1- _ ; 1 Previous year .. |l21,043,875J 3 3,295,162: 23,580,938 18,231,328 3 3,295,162 23,580,938! 3,295,539124,753,070 4 4,254,705- 21,353,280! 22,135,464 3 245,796,945 ! 7,549,867:44,934,218 40,366, 792!6, 314, 875

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Table No. 12. Eegistered Articles. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1918, compared with the number in 1890, 1900, 1910, and 1917, is as follows :— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1917. 1918. Prom places beyond the Dominion 26,374 52,343 132,493 144,659 162,910 Eegistered in the Dominion ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,619,851 1,659,135 Totals ... ... 195,695 516,379 1,126,168 1,764,510 1,822,045 Dead Letters. 1917. 1918. Opened and returned to writers ... ... 296,472 294,563 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 39,413 38,940 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 65,088* 177,384* Destroyed ... ... ... ... ... 39,098 32,533 Eeturned unopened by Chief Postmasters ... 212,568 253,775 Eeturned unopened to other countries by Chief Postmasters ... ... ... " ... 13,790 23,789 Totals 666,429 820,984 * Includes letters addressed to soldiers.

Table No. 13. Parcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890, 1900, 1910, 1917, and 1918 :—

The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1917 and 1918: —

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— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1917. Number 121,292 , 199,413 1,190,711 3,295,539 Weight 336,6431b. 12 oz. 682,1401b. 7 oz. 3,953,2841b. 15 oz. 14,171,1401b. 1 1918. 3,337,763 14,439,737 lb.

Country. Koceived. 1917. 1918. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Koceived. Despatched. 1917. 1918. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) United States of America .. New Zealand Expeditionary Forco Canada Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania Western Australia.. Fiji Ceylon Cape of Good Hope Natal India Tonga Tahiti .. Hong Kong Straits Settlements 105,368 lb. 564,562 140,453 lb. 718,107 33,810 lb. 135,961 lb. 84,583 525,076 1,832 7,402 442,318 1,594,284 32,904 891 209,918 1,931 60,852 1,415 432,851 3,964 1,793 392,235 6,324 1,498,537 1,836 9,609 16,087 550 913 217 362 406 237 1,375 9,011 38,372 57,193 1,577 2,437 487 906 904 1,215 1,837 2,654 12,303 20,869 570 1,061 235 317 423 336 714 14,998 56,688 92,452 1,909 3,515 571 699 1,014 1,614* 1,654 593 3,613 11,593 557 956 697 452 1,143 83 113 283 697 425 337 164 i 101 1,773 9,980 37,230 1,543 2,651 1,590 1,077 3,874 343 370 719 3,464 1,592 1,780 707 387 1,116 ! 6,955 3,253 9,697 6,010 17,482 456 1,386 874 : 2,479 511 ; 1,373 399 1,052 1,145 3,539 177*; 707 69 I 175 251 769 675* 3,058 507 1,985 977 ] 7,765 207 ' 1,012 130 499 1,293 43 7 1,241 103 5,869 140 34 9,681 346 1,375 48 7 2,682 119 6,702 155 57 23,840 397 Totals 173,442 906,320 246,433 1,361,187 449,645 1,709,902 545,490 ! 2,186,095 * Including pi areola for 3s Majesty's i ihipB.

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Table No. 14. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882; Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893; and Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to 31st March, 1918.

Year ended .. . .. . 'c u Number of Telegrams forwarded Total Value n . , Number ; Number 5.0. during the Year. Telegraph Value of of m^L°L, ,,°' , °' . ■£« . Revenue from all Government Business done Maintenance Miles of Mies of Eg - Sources. Messages. during ° f Line. Wire. - 2 Private Govern- T , •■ , v ? Stations. z § and Press. ment. LotaL the Year. 7-- 7 -. j— j-r r— — I Value of Government Messages. Total Value Cogt of Maintenance Business done Maintenance of Lines, , . of excluding ♦k v«* Stations. Australian Cable the Vear> Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operatioi . _ : ✓ 30th June, 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 1881 1882 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 / s. d. / s. d. £ s. d. £ s d. 699 ! r.39° 13 24,761 . 2,746 27,407 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 757 1,498 21 55,621 15,331 7 0 .952 9.°7° IO x 3.77° 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 r 4 7 1,110 j 2,223 3 1 72,241 ■ 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 \ 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 1,329 \ 2,495 45 106,070 : 50,097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 1,661 ; 2,897 56 122,545 62,878 185,423 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 16,417 7 4 1,976 j 3,247 72 I 253,582 59,292 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 2,185 ! 3.823 81 ; 344.524 67,243 4H.767 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 2,356 > 4.574 93 4 8 5.507 83,453 ! 568,960 39,68o 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 2.530 ! 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 j 752,899 j 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 2,986 : 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 ; 917,128 i 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 3,154 j 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 11,051,086 i 62,715 10 4 116,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 3.259 ! 7.423 x 55 952,283 ,172,159 11,124,442 J 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 i° 3,434 8,035 182 11,065,481 1194,843 11,260,324 73.284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8: 3.512 8,117 z 95 j 1 .201, 982 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 3,638 9,333 214 j 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 3>758 9,587 227 '1,058,342 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o '27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 3,824 9,653 234 1,215,849 222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 [22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 3.974 9.848 264 1,361,817 208,372 11,570,189 90,633 11 2 20,608 11 11 111,242 3 1 73,554 9 1 4,074 10,037 3°2 1,379.483 219,917 11,599,400 93.822 3 3 ,21,555 19 2 II5.37 8 2 5 73,054 4 6: 4,264 330 1,433,458 220,847 1,654,3 0 5 I 95.634 5 5 120,855 19 7 in6,490 5 o 70,036 6 2 4,463 110,931 375 !i,533. 4°6 24°. 867 1,774,273 ,101,652 8 o [24,860 9 o 126,512 17 o 77,082 4 4 4,546 -11,178 412 1,583,717 252,549 1,836,266 106,638 12 2 127,281 4 9 133,919 16 11 77,473 10 7 4,646 |n, 375 437 1,589,771 [245,623 1,835, 394 '106,548 4 o 30,205 11 10 1136,753 15 10 76,580 10 o 4,790 11,617 473 ,1,548,233 1217,630 11,765,863 1106,311 11 6 ,23,164 13 11 1129,476 5 5 72,201 13 5 4,874 111,827 489 r,589,157 213,830 11,802,987 1106,462 18 4 ,24,218 9 3 130,681 7 7 75,426 9 7 5,148 112,812 520 11,734,381 226,780 1,961,161 110,696 17 8 26,070 12 7 136,767 10 3 76,845 1 10 5,349 j 13.235 573 I ,74 6 ,H5 222,149 1,968, 264 117,633 r 5 9 J24,8 4 o 5 7 142,474 1 4 85,658 4 11 5,479 13,459 615 11,686,064 ! 2i8, 079 ,1,904,143 103,813 8 7 0,128,15515 6J 87,47213 3: 5.513 i J 3,5i5 640 -1,825,646 1244,045 2,069,691 112,465 15 9 128,317 7 10 140,783 3 7 92,109 17 o !__ ' ___ . l I ' I I i 2.443 2 11 ; 2,541 4 11 5.4° 6 7 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 11,344 3 8 8,858 19 7 9,479 5 4 15,021 17 11 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 17,299 7 10 14,758 4 5 23,154 8 3 18,292 13 4 122,451 6 3 119,210 6 6 .20,041 15 10 20,900 6 2 21,402 18 2 121,321 2 9 123,262 1 o 26,007 1 5 27,546 2 o 28,g86 10 10 29,580 10 11 29,141 6 o 6,377 6 3:3 9 10 10,558 19 6 ; 3 7 1 14,89, 5 1 j 4 17 4 22,813 17 46 8 6 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 32.598 7 11 5 19 6 32,452 94423 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 ' 60,055 i° n 4 16 4 82,771 3 1 , 5 18 10 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 87.599 65 5 10 o 96,801 83509 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 101,378 9 11 667 87,457 18 4 4 17 4 ' 96,005 15 4 5 17 5 92,264 11 o 4 16 8 90,078 20 4 18 4 97,982 10 6 4 15 9 98,875 8 9 J 4 15 11 97,901 12 9 j 4 13 9 95,463 14 5:5 o 1 101,433 11 o j 5 8 7 104,391 3 IO ! 5 13 o 114,644 15 9 ! 5 12 7 117,053 42:580 121,251 301559 • Mileage tariff. i I Mileage tariff in operation I up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 1870. From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. r From ist November, . 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. I 1 I

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Table No. 14 — continued. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to 31st March, 1919.

Table No. 15. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes, the Value of Franked Government Telegrams, and the Number of Telegrams transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1919.

• Revenue i 8 (including Miscel- > SP laneous Receipts). § 3s Telegraph. Telephone. B « I -t Total Total . -5° Value of Expendi- j3» Business ture done i {excluding S" 5 during j Cable $--5 the Year. Subsidy). "3 ,23'» 3 a 1 Number I Number ° ft Year ended of of |- Line. Wire. gg o So •3" H o w o Number of Telegrams i Messages forwarded duri and Bureau ing the Year. Private Gnvernand Press. ment. Total. I 31st Mar., 1895 5,9614 14,881jl 705 1896 6,246* 15,7644, 743 1897 6,284| 16,470£ 780 1898 6,484 18,024 824 1899 6,736 18,746 878 1900 6,910 19,228 : 915 1901 7,249| 20,682f 991 1902 7,469 21,705 | 1,038 1903 7,748J 22,672I 1,103 1904 7,779J 22,920,1- 1,153 1905 7,943J 23,704 1,200 1906 8,355 25,116 1,312 1907 8,953 27,031 1,446 1908 9,656 i 29,343 1,611 1909 10,404 ! 32,654 1,764 1910 10,901 34,788 1,871 1911 11,316 37,212 1,963 1912 11,805 39,370 2,079 1913 12,508 41,892 2,203 1914 13,044 44,642 2,305 1915 13,434 46,778 2,386 1916 13,684 48,052 2,413 1917 13,896 50,320 2,409 1918 13,687 50,291 2,371 1919 13,813 50,742 2,354 1,802,182! 231,618 1,899,632' 224,579 2,285,001 235,168 2,469,415 226,818 2,717,548 243,190 3,159,093 310,538 3,534,444 363,684 3,850,391. 317,590 4,271,218 288,086 4,671,904 293,293 4,900,495 259,250 5,351,084 289,135 6,160,080 236,252 6,958,279 ! 84,644 7,338,017 87,676 7,757,128; 89,762 8,268,3401 92,307 8,971,725 91,408 9,850,379 93,893 10,594,556 99,476 10,716,613 111,355 10,708,910 127,841 10,734,108' 140,952 11,510,710 114,010 11,989,882 101,1.35 2,033,800 2,124,21.1 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 4,167,981 4,559,304 4,965,197 5,159,745 5,640,219 6,396,332 7,042,923' 7,425,693 7,846,890 8,360,647 9,063,133 9,944,272 10,694,032 10,827,968 10,836,7511 10,875,120 11,624,720: 12,091,017! £ £ £ 88,459 21,552 26,051 97,178 25,933 25,844 100,385 29,248 23,119 99,798 36,422 24,505 105,576 39,718 25,500 119,641i 43,303 29,432 137,861: 49,117 35,327 151,933| 55,542 27,508 1.60,3431 62,151 26,440 166,535! 7.1,028 24,378 171,00l! 79,061 20,598 184,369 89,542 24,168 206,706 100,814 17,487 227,398 1.16,852 4,499 238,103 131,249 4,822 250,212 144,298 4,851 272,942 161,173 4,874 295,334 179,123 4,832 321,951 201,237 4,931 342,595 232,190, 5,031 356,306 303,856 5,776 1 549,627 287,547 9,085 527,249 317,275 10.774 ! 516,865 344,368 6,949 615,786 373,169 5,036 £ £ £ 136,062 135,791 6,492 148,955 143,665 4,774 152,752 153,484 3,972 160,725 165,198 1,849 170,794 173,152 1,427 192,376 181,634 1,608 222,305 194,014 1,000 234,984 212,180 234 248,934 228,185 181 261,941 245,805 10,057 270,660 258,977 .. 298,079 276,580 .. 325,007 291,359 .. 348,749 357,581 .. 374,174 394,649 .. 399,361 411,296 .. 438,989 446,709 .. 479,289 469,716 .. 528,119 509,496 .. 579,816 563,108 .. 665,938 612,665 .. 840,250 658,572 .. 855,298 681,217 .. 868,182 803,691 .. 993,991 879,497 .. £ 6,492 4,774 3,972 1,849 1,427 1,608 1,000 234 181 10,057 Note.—Tariff, 1890 : Is, for ton won For twelvo words, and free address and sij text and signature made eighteen. 1896 : 1906 : For each additional word after first ds, and free address ordinary tele First twelve words, ( , twelve, £d. Septeml and signatu igrams, Is.; 6d.; each a ber, 1915: ] ire up to ten words ; delaj delayed, 6d. Later in 18[ .dditional word. Id.; addrr First twelve words, 8d.; eao ped telegrams, 6d. 1892: 32 tho number of words in ;SS and signature paid for sh additional word, £d.

Postal District. Auckland Blenheim Christohuroh Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invereargill Napier .. ... Nelson .. New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport .. Revenue Vnlnnnf Total Number derived from : Value of Qf Tefeg'r'ams ! ut ° £ Telegrams. Go^iment 1 ofalluodest. , iele g ratu s. all Codes. Telegrams. £ £ £ ' 100,159 518 100,677 2,660,402 9,425 7,449 158 7,607 214,571 3,612 47,104 658 47,762 1,100,804 15,794 37,093 335 i 37,428 876,433 7,039 15,599 196 15,795 340,421 4,751 0,704 141 6,845 j 148,020 3,910 2,472 5 2,477 ' 09,784 120 20,694 137 : 20,831 555,874 5,114 31,653 307 32,020 896,573 7 040 9,422 37-1 9,796 238,425 | 10,275 18,332 82 18,414 525,413 1,856 6,644 65 6,709 142,583 1,312 13,633 41 13,674 371,250 1,210 13,511 101 13,612 335,320 2.197 24,371 235 24,600 032,816 4,381 126,684 1,543 128,227 2.786,976 21,269 4,130 80 4.210 94,217 | 1,824 Total Number of Telegrams of all Codes. 2,669,827 218,183 1.116,598 883,472 345,172 151,930 69,904 560,988 903,619 248,700 527,269 143,895 372,4(10 337,517 037,197 2,808,245 96,041 Totals, 1918-19 485,054 5,036 490,690 11,989,882 101.135 ■185,654 5,030 490,090 11,989,882 101,135 12,091,017 Totals, 1917-18 454,222 6,949 401,171 11,510,710: 114,010 401,171 11,510,710 114,010 11,624,720

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Table No. 16. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1919, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 17. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraph-offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

June Quarter, 1918. ! September Quarter, 1918. December Quarter, 1918. March Quarter, 1919. ■Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. _j_ Number. Revenue. Number. { Revenue. Number. Revenue. Ordinary Urgent Press Bureau 1,424,881 99,818 72,363 1,297,541 £ 103,142 8,817 7,869 39,149 1,356,356 96,405 68,747 1,327,140 £ 97,233 1,239,952 8,618 293,946 7,329 77,954 39,956 1,403,356 £ 94,730 24,263 7.820 44,621 1,527,918 124,612 86,162 1,492,731 £ 107,358 9,701 7,360 45,828 £ 5.549,107 402,463 614,781 51,399 305,226 30,378 5,520,768 169,554 Gross totals Less other lines and credits 2,894,603 158,977 !' 2,848,648 42,810 | 153,136 40,893 3,015,208 171,434 42,021 1 3,231,423 170,247 42,416 11,989,882 653,794 168,140 Net totals, 1918-19 116,167 112,243 j 129,413 127,831 485,654 Net totals, 1917-18 2,779,696 109,784 j 2,677,878 I 105,954 3,004,292 119,440 3,048,844 I 119,044 11,510,710 454,222

Morse Instruments in Use. Single- Double- Direct current current Sounders Duplex. Duplex. Quad. Automatic. Number of Telephones not conNumber of Cells. District. Constant Intermittent Current. Current. Quadtranslators. tected to an : ; , Exchange. i R—Jn- | Leclanche. Danieu - Bichromate. Storage. I j ' j Auckland Canterbury Nelson .. Otago .. Wellington 51 119 5 58 125 75 17 20 85 87 12 9 3 1 15 6 7 3 2 16 3 24 12 3 6 27 1 9 4 1 3 21 70 9 60 42 87 10,146 642 ' 68 2.819 672 : 1,016 1,594 290 50 5,207 85 598 12,709 4,675 : 1,034 1,101 335 223 4 2 4 231 Totals 358 358 : 284 284 40 34 3 72 1 38 268 32,475 • 6,364 2,786 1,659 241 Total number of Morse sets, 830.

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Table No. 18. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

District. TravellingMiles Miles e^^? s^° f of Wire. o Line. En | 1 n a d eers Linemen. --. j Materia,. «S<£ •£-= *££- E nekai - to Settlers. Maintenance. Lmemen. Total Cnst Average Average 1 otal cost Cost Oost Maintenance per Mile per Mile Maintenance. of wire of Line Auckland 13,748 4,169 £ 3,508 £ 8,653 £ 7,523 £ £ £ 19,684 17,213 £ 13,243 18,882 i : £ 32,927 36,095 £ s. d. ' 2 7 11 £ s. d. 7 17 11 Wellington 15,907 3,546 2,230 6,708 8,275 2 5 5! 10 3 7 Nelson Canterbury 2,959 9,019 1,117 2,055 992 3,257 548 7,767 718 7,473 i 2,258 18,497 8,008 1,314 7,340 7,363 3,572 25,837 15,371 14 2 2 17 4 1 13 9 3 4 0 12 11 5 5 5 1 Otago 9,108 2,926 1,998 3,499 2,511 Total 50,741 13,813 11,985 27,175 j 26,500 186 j 2,261 47 882 65,660 2,587 10,867 882 48,142 1,752 113,802 2,587 12,619 882 2 4 1 6 4 5f 8 4 Cables 416* 93 Stores 3,130 | 7,737 Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers .. Laboratory, &c. 7 I i 1,566 923 i 2,496 2,496 Wireless stations 221 1,290 517 j 2,028 2,028 Total telegraph-lines 33,347 ! 37,938 84,520 49,894 134,414 51,157 13,813 12,306 Telephone exchanges 165,962 4,789 2,455 27,770 ! 19,871 50,096 60,175 110,271 Grand total 217,119 18,602 14,761 61,117 | 57,809 47 882 ■ 134,616 110,069 244,685 * Knots. t Per knot.

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Table No. 19. Table showing Cost of Constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

Line. Total Cost, including Material from Stores. Total Cost, I iu„ including um> - Material from Stores. Telephone Exchanges— Aria Auckland Auckland (automatic) .. Dargaville Hamilton Hamilton (automatic) .. Kaikohe Kohukohu Kopaki Kumeu Manga wai Mangere Mangonui Matata Mount Uden (automatic) Opotiki Otahuhu Paeroa Patumahoe Ponsonby (automatic) .. Pukeatua Remuera (automatic) .. Rotorua Taumarunui Taupaki Taupiri Tauranga Te Kuiti Te Teko Thames Tirau Turua Waihi Waitoa Wellesley Street (automatic) Whangarei Blenheim .. ' . . Blenheim (automatic) . . Carterton Courtenay Place (automatic) Uannevirkc Eketahuna Eltham Featherston Feilding Gisborne Hastings Hawera Kaiteke Levin Manakau Marton Masterton Masterton (automatic) .. Napier New Plymouth Pahiatua Palmerston North Palmerston North (automatic) Pirinoa Stratford Taihape Tiraumea VVaipawa Wairoa Wanganui Wanganui (automatic) .. Wellington Wellington South (automatic) Millerton Murchison Nelson Reefton Westport Ashburton Cheviot Christchurch Culverden Greymouth Hokitika Kaikoura Rakaia Rangiora Strowger Timaru Waiau £ 85 8,570 4,386 918 13,957 162 235 1,377 748 520 861 10 1.817 03 371 I ,225 12 1,773 280 200 357 312 1,004 3,410 805 , 63 662 4,205 5 495 960 135 17 I , 112 284 I ,472 866 87 869 760 979 763 2,181 697 2,223 5,710 I ,208 995 637 2,215 273 748 2,050 950 I ,241 2,148 3,378 21,1)98 37 661 660 3,364 749 398 100 8,338 53 10,351 687 61 5 2,599 105 150 455 1,908 10,394 12 58 29 195 502 718 1,413 2,014 143 i I Tele phone Exchanges — continued. £ Waimate . . .. .. .. 404 Balclutha .. .. .. .. 197 Cromwell . . .. . . .. 102 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 8,558 Gore.. .. .. .. .. 1,305 Invereargill .. .. .. .. 5,630 Miller's Flat . . .. .. .. 050 Nasoby . . . . .. . . 23 Oamaru . , .. .. .. 5,273 Ranf urly .. .. .. .. 51 Queenstown .. .. .. .. 10 Tapanui .. .. .. .. 302 £174,340 Lines— £ Auckland-Tliaines-Paeroa (metallic circuit) 945 Glenbrook-Waiuku (telephone circuit) .. 49 Hamilton-Ngaruawahia Trunk Telephonewire .. .. .. .. 98 Hikutaia Branch Line (Thamcs-Paeroa circuit) .. .. .. .. 15 Kiwitahi-Railway Telegraph-office (Morrinsville -Matamata circuit) .. .. 6 Netherton-Kcrepehi Telephone-line .. 239 Ngapaenga-Telephone Extension of the Te Kuiti-Oparue Circuit .. .. 43 Opuatia Telephone-office (branch off the Tuakau-Glenmurray Line) .. .. 14 Paparoa Telephone-office (converting telephone to Morse) .. . . .. 20 Pukeatua-Puketurua Telephone-line .. 215 Raglan - Te Akau Line .. . . 53 Te Kuiti-Te Kunvi Junction (metallic circuit) .. . . .. .. 58 Te Rcnga Telephone Office (CoromandelWhitianga), (metallic circuit) .. .. 7 Thamos-Hauraki Telephone-wire .. 61 Tokoroa Telephone Extension (PutaruruMatanuku Telephone-line) .. .. 17 Turua Telephone-line, Extension of .. 53 Ahititi (Okau Junction), new Telephoneoffice (Tongaporutu-Okau Line) .. 8 Aotuhia Telephone-office (WhangamomonaAotuhia circuit) .. .. .. 73 Blenheim-Seddon (metallic circuit) .. 593 Gisborne-Kaiteratahi (metallic circuit) .. 20 Hastwells, removal of Telephone -office (Masterton-Eketahuna circuit) .. 63 Mangahouhi Telephone Extension (Wanganui- Upokonui Line) .. . . .. 0 Maungaharuru Telephone Extension .. 145 Motuhora Telephone-office (Matawai-Motu Line) .. .. .. .. 101 Pukearuhe-Waipingao Line Extension .. 63 Retaruke Telephone Extension (Kaiteki-Re-taruke Extension Line) .. .. 283 Riariaki Telephone Extension (RuatitiOrautaha Line) .. . . .. 9 " Stockton Mine " Telephone-office (West-port-Stockton circuit) .. .. 21 Bennett's Telephone Office (OhristohurchOxford circuit) .. .. .. 9 Pukewaro Telephone-office (Mount SomersAshburton Line) .. .. .. 10 Waikari-Hawardcn (metallic circuit) .. 122 Alexandria-Roxburgh (metallic circuit) .. 17 Cambrians Telephone - office (Clyde - St. Bathan's circuit) .. .. .. 18 Ihuiotlin-Manitoto Telephone Circuit .. 840 Hunt's Road Telephone-office (Owaka-Ahu-riri Flat circuit) .. .. .. 8 Omarama-Benmorc Telephone Extension 173 Omarama - Broken Hut (Kurow-Omarama Line) .. .. .. .. 326 Orepuki, construction of telephone-office (Clifden-Riverton Line) .. .. 9 Patearoa, construction of Sledge office (Waipiata-Paerau line) . . .. 73 Roxburgh - Miller's Flat (metallic circuit).. 89 Wairuna, removal of telephone-office .. 12 Wedderburn, removal of telegraph-office .. 20 Whakapatu Telephone-office (RivcrtonOrepuki circuit) .. .. .. 9 Reopening of offices in various districts .. 55 £179,414

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Table No. 20. Table showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

I! Year. CD . !-l to .a a Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, <fcc. Average Cost of Total for all each Con- Connections, nection. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Woi Materials and Linemen. Working-expenses. irking-expenses. Interest on Rent. Fuel, 1 Capital and Light, Paper, Wear-and- Printing, tear, &c* Binding, &c. Total. Balance of Revenue —: over Workingexpenses. Annual Rate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Total for the year ended 31st March,— 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 .. .. .. ' 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 '.. ' 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 .. ! 116 379 715 1,075 1,710 2,038 2,153 2,249 2,402 2,587 3,080 3,690 4,244 4,616 5,143 5,747 5,787 6,203 7,150 8,210 9,260 10,633 12,105 14,423 15,333 17,403 20,402t 22,815t 25,212t 28,093 31,475 36,374 41,982 46,260 50,308 52.986 .. I 57,196 .. 1 61,298 : I £ s. d. 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 18 6 20 S 6 19 19 5 22 19 0 23 18 10 24 4 1 24 17 1 24 16 11 24 16 11 24 12 1 25 6 3 24 6 6 23 7 4 24 11 6 24 5 3 22 14 1 21 9 7 20 18 0 20 2 6 19 19 8 21 19 7 23 13 9 24 2 2 24 18 4 25 18 9 27 2 7 27 17 8 27 18 0 27 11 7 29 11 6 32 9 1 33 2 7 34 7 3 35 6 3 35 15 11 £ 2.531 8.271 15,604 23,461 37,319 40,686 49,407 53,849 58,229 64,294 76,579 91,687 104,425 116.845 125,108 134,299 142,218 150.490 162,333 176,349 193,511 213,966 241,903 295,029 363,192 420,088 508,408 591,760 683,986 783,382 878,133 1.003,131 1.241,628 1,501,482. 1,666,561 1,820,860 2.019.892 2,194,238 £ 613 5,014 7,746 10,008 12,294 15,477 16,881 17,613 18,581 19,961' 18,571 19,155 21,771 21,552 25,933 29,248 36,422 39,718 43,303 49,117 55,542 62.151 71,028 79,061 89,542 100,814 116,852 131,249 144,298 161,173 179,123 201,237 232,190 303,856} 287,547 317,275 344,368 373,169 £ 285 595 695 1,770 2,849 2,873 3,119 3,316 3,790 4,192 4,630 7,405 7,720 9,285 9,686 12,306 14,181 15,030 15,710 16,304 18,448 20,885 23,359 25,122 26,507 32,914 38,108 47,224 52,315 54,819 62,588 69,078 80,720 88,231 104,950 97.681 97,665 111,796 £ 275 595 770 1,590 1,704 1,580 2,252 2,249 2,206 2,249 2,345 2,696 3,313 4,253 5,304 7,398 11,834 16.190 20,847 18,226 20,570 22,078 22,508 26,782 \ 22,576 26,145 36,813 32,995 28,755 39,814 33,791 42,192 53,823 42,548 62,682 71,022 87,664 I 110.271 253 827 1,560 2,346 3,732 4,069 4,941 5,344 5,823 6,429 7,658 9,169 10,442 11,685 12,510 13,430 7,111 7,525 8,117 8,817 9,675 10,698 12,095 14,751 18,159 21,004 25,420 29,588 34,199 39,169 43,907 50,156 62,081 75,074 83,328 91,043 1 100,994 109,712 £ 150 300 350 475 700 320 330 335 375 395 393 464 742 818 1,952 1,857 1,882 1,861 1,893 2,001 2,079 2,615 2,986 4,448 5,270 6,163 6,902 7,265 7,741 8,031 8,725 9,764 11,744 12,878 13.429 15,115 16,765 20.087 963 2,317 3,375 6,181 8,985 8,842 10,642 11,244 12,194 13,265 15,026 19,734 22,217 26,041 29,452 34,991 35,008 40,606 46,567 45,348 50,772 56,276 60,948 71,103 72,512 S6,226 107,243 117,072 123,010 141,833 149,011 171,190 208,368 218,731 264,389 274,861 303,088 351,866 I £ 207 , 4,492 3,653 3,827 5,011 6,635 6,239 6,368 6,387 6,695 3,544 -578 -446 -3,420 -3.519 -5,742 1,413 -887 -3,264 3,768 4,769 5,874 10,080 7,958 17,029 14,587 9,608 14,176 21,287 19,340 30,112 30,047 23,822 85,125 i 23.158 42,414 41,280 21,303 < 8-17 54-31 23-41 16-31 13-42 16-30 12-63 11-82 11-00 10-43 4-63 Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. 0-99 Loss. Loss. 2-14 2-46 2-75 4-17 2-69 4-69 3-47 1-89 2-40 311 2-46 3-43 2-99 1-92 567 1-40 2-33 2 04 0-97 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tea,r and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included. t In former returns extensions were included for these three years. 1 Increase due to alterations in date of collecting half-yearly subscriptions, a proportion of which under the old system would have fallen into 1915-16 receipts.

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Table No. 21. Table showing the Number of Telephone-exchange Connections at each Telegraph Engineer's District in the Dominion.

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Number of Connectii »ns on 31st March. 1919. 1918. Engineer's District. Con'necttns. Total. ] Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. i I Luckland Vellington Jelson Janterbury .. )tago 16,006 2,514 18,520 25,911 4,677 '. 30,588 1,658 141 1,799 8,988 2,176 11,164 8,735 1,755 10,490 14,612 24,314 1,654 8,455 8,161 2,412 4,290 148 2,068 1,649 17,024 28,604 1,802 10,523 9,81.0 Totals 61,298 11,263 72,561 57,196 10,567 67,763

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